9 papers
Reframing the Wide Eccentric Binary Problem: Eccentricity as a Probe of Mass-transfer Physics
A. Parkosidis, S. Toonen, E. Laplace +1
Observations of wide post-interaction binaries show an unexpected feature; orbital eccentricity, which is not understood theoretically. A promising resolution to this long-standing…
Gaia Barium Dwarfs and Their Ostensibly Ordinary Counterparts
Param Rekhi, Sahar Shahaf, Sagi Ben-Ami +4
The recently identified Gaia population of main-sequence--white dwarf (MS+WD) binaries at separations of , often with moderate eccentricities, is not readily re…
The role of triple evolution in the formation of LISA double white dwarfs
Abinaya Swaruba Rajamuthukumar, Valeriya Korol, Jakob Stegmann +5
Galactic double white dwarfs will be prominent gravitational-wave sources for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). While previous studies have primarily focused on format…
The Silent Majority: The Interacting Post-Common-Envelope Binaries Underlying Cataclysmic Variables
Yarin Meir Shani, Na'ama Hallakoun, Sagi Ben-Ami +4
We analyze the orbital period distribution of post-common-envelope white-dwarf-main-sequence (WDMS) binaries by cross-matching the new spectroscopic Gaia DR3 WDMS catalog with TESS…
Tertiary Tides with Eccentric Orbits
Yan Gao, Tjarda Boekholt, Devismita Panda +2
Within hierarchical triple stellar systems, there exists a tidal process unique to them, known as tertiary tides. In this process, the tidal deformation of a tertiary in a hierarch…
Evidence for Extended Hydrogen-Poor CSM in the Three-Peaked Light Curve of Stripped Envelope Ib Supernova
Yossef Zenati, Qinan Wang, Alexey Bobrick +40
We present multi-band ATLAS photometry for SN 2019tsf, a stripped-envelope Type Ib supernova (SESN). The SN shows a triple-peaked light curve and a late (re-)brightening, making it…