3 papers
astro-ph.SR2024
Tidal Spin-up of Subdwarf B Stars
Linhao Ma, Jim Fuller
Hot subdwarf B (sdB) stars are stripped helium-burning stars that are often found in close binaries, where they experience strong tidal interactions. The dissipation of tidally exc…
astro-ph.SR2024
Variability of Blue Supergiants in the LMC with TESS
Linhao Ma, Cole Johnston, Earl P. Bellinger +1
The blue supergiant (BSG) problem, namely, the overabundance of BSGs inconsistent with classical stellar evolution theory, remains an open question in stellar astrophysics. Several…
astro-ph.HE2024
Tidal Spin-up of Black Hole Progenitor Stars
Linhao Ma, Jim Fuller
Gravitational wave observations indicate the existence of merging black holes (BHs) with high spin (), whose formation pathways are still an open question. A possible…