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A Multiwavelength Study of the Massive Colliding Wind Binary WR 20a: A Possible Progenitor for Fast-Spinning LIGO Binary Black Hole Mergers
Grace M. Olivier, Laura A. Lopez, Katie Auchettl +7
WR 20a is the most massive close-in binary known in our Galaxy. It is composed of two 80 M Wolf-Rayet stars with a short period of 3.7 days in the open cl…
astro-ph.SR2022★ 62 cited
Unicorns and Giraffes in the binary zoo: stripped giants with subgiant companions
Kareem El-Badry, Rhys Seeburger, Tharindu Jayasinghe +5
We analyze two binary systems containing giant stars, V723 Mon ("the Unicorn") and 2M04123153+6738486 ("the Giraffe"). Both giants orbit more massive but less luminous companions,…