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20192026
most citedNeutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory: A kilohertz-band gravitational-wave detector in the global network

220 citations · 524 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Three-dimensional simulations of accretion disks in pre-CE systems -- II. Accretion efficiency and angular momentum transport

Ana L. Juarez-Garcia, Mike Y. M. Lau, Orsola De Marco +3

Rapid mass transfer preceding a common envelope event is a critical yet poorly understood stage of binary stellar evolution, setting the initial conditions for the common envelope…

astro-ph.SR2026

Dust Formation in Common Envelope Binary Interactions -- III. Lightcurves

Chunliang Mu, Orsola De Marco, Luis C. Bermúdez-Bustamante +6

Luminous red novae are transient events thought to arise from common envelope binary interactions. In this paper, we perform post-processing light-curve calculations for two, 3D hy…

astro-ph.IM2026

Momentum-conserving self-gravity in the Phantom. Parallel dual tree traversal for the fast multipole method

Yann Bernard, Timothée David-Cléris, Daniel J. Price +1

Tree codes that approximate groups of distant particles with multipole expansions accelerate gravitational force calculations. While momentum-conserving fast multipole methods exis…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Rapid stellar and binary population synthesis with COMPAS: methods paper II

Ilya Mandel, Jeff Riley, Adam Boesky +13

The COMPAS public rapid binary population synthesis code has undergone a number of key improvements since the original COMPAS methods paper (Team COMPAS: Riley et al., 2022) was pu…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 11 cited

Common envelopes in massive stars III. The obstructive role of radiation transport in envelope ejection

Mike Y. M. Lau, Ryosuke Hirai, Daniel J. Price +2

We present 3D radiation hydrodynamics simulations of common-envelope (CE) evolution involving a 12 solar mass red supergiant donor and a 3 solar mass companion. Existing 3D simulat…

astro-ph.SR2024

Dust formation during the interaction of binary stars by common envelope

Luis C. Bermúdez-Bustamante, Orsola De Marco, Lionel Siess +7

We performed numerical simulations of the common envelope (CE) interaction between two intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and their low-mass companions. For the…

astro-ph.SR2024

Expansion of accreting main-sequence stars during rapid mass transfer

Mike Y. M. Lau, Ryosuke Hirai, Ilya Mandel +1

Accreting main-sequence stars expand significantly when the mass accretion timescale is much shorter than their thermal timescales. This occurs during mass transfer from an evolved…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 13 cited

Dust formation in common envelope binary interactions -- II: 3D simulations with self-consistent dust formation

Luis C. Bermúdez-Bustamante, Orsola De Marco, Lionel Siess +7

We performed numerical simulations of the common envelope (CE) interaction between thermally-pulsing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars of 1.7~\Msun and 3.7~\Msun, respectively, a…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 8 cited

Hot Jupiter engulfment by a red giant in 3D hydrodynamics

Mike Y. M. Lau, Matteo Cantiello, Adam S. Jermyn +3

Hot Jupiters are gas giant planets with orbital periods of a few days and are found in 0.1-1% of Sun-like stars. They are expected to be engulfed during their host star's radial ex…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 45 cited

Rejuvenated accretors have less bound envelopes: Impact of Roche lobe overflow on subsequent common envelope events

M. Renzo, E. Zapartas, S. Justham +5

Common-envelope (CE) evolution is an outstanding open problem in stellar evolution, critical to the formation of compact binaries including gravitational-wave sources. In the ``cla…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 36 cited

Common envelopes in massive stars II: The distinct roles of hydrogen and helium recombination

Mike Y. M. Lau, Ryosuke Hirai, Daniel J. Price +1

The role of recombination during a common-envelope event has been long debated. Many studies have argued that much of hydrogen recombination energy, which is radiated in relatively…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 25 cited

Common envelope binary interaction simulations between a thermally-pulsating AGB star and a low mass companion

Miguel Gonzalez-Bolivar, Orsola De Marco, Mike Y. M. Lau +2

At least one in five of all planetary nebulae are the product of a common envelope (CE) interaction, where the companion in-spirals into the envelope of an asymptotic giant branch…

gr-qc2022★ 6 cited

Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

Pau Amaro Seoane, Jeff Andrews, Manuel Arca Sedda +156

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address many…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 79 cited

Common envelopes in massive stars: Towards the role of radiation pressure and recombination energy in ejecting red supergiant envelopes

Mike Y. M. Lau, Ryosuke Hirai, Miguel González-Bolívar +3

We perform 3D hydrodynamical simulations of a common-envelope event involving a 12 solar mass red supergiant donor. Massive stars are expected to be qualitatively different from lo…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 3 cited

Rapid stellar and binary population synthesis with COMPAS

Team COMPAS, :, Jeff Riley +23

Compact Object Mergers: Population Astrophysics and Statistics (COMPAS; https://compas.science) is a public rapid binary population synthesis code. COMPAS generates populations of…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 220 cited

Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory: A kilohertz-band gravitational-wave detector in the global network

K. Ackley, V. B. Adya, P. Agrawal +160

Gravitational waves from coalescing neutron stars encode information about nuclear matter at extreme densities, inaccessible by laboratory experiments. The late inspiral is influen…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 77 cited

Detecting Double Neutron Stars with LISA

Mike Y. M. Lau, Ilya Mandel, Alejandro Vigna-Gómez +3

We estimate the properties of the double neutron star (DNS) population that will be observable by the planned space-based interferometer LISA. By following the gravitational radiat…