most citedA high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity

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A high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity

H. Sana, T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner +74

At high metallicity, a majority of massive stars have at least one close stellar companion. The evolution of such binaries is subject to strong interaction processes, heavily impac…

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Evidence of polar and ultralow supernova kicks from the orbits of Be X-ray binaries

Ruggero Valli, Selma E. de Mink, Stephen Justham +7

Supernovae, the explosive deaths of massive stars, create heavy elements and form black holes and neutron stars. These compact objects often receive a velocity at formation, a "kic…

astro-ph.SR2025

Binary mass transfer in 3D: Mass Transfer Rate and Morphology

T. Ryu, R. Sari, S. E. de Mink +6

Mass transfer is crucial in binary evolution, yet its theoretical treatment has long relied on analytic models whose key assumptions remain debated. We present a direct and systema…

astro-ph.SR2025

Binary stars take what they get: Evidence for Efficient Mass Transfer from Stripped Stars with Rapidly Rotating Companions

Thibault Lechien, Selma E. de Mink, Ruggero Valli +5

Binary stars and their interactions shape the formation of compact binaries, supernovae, and gravitational wave sources. The efficiency of mass transfer - the fraction of mass reta…

astro-ph.HE2025

Supermassive black holes stripping a subgiant star down to its helium core: a new type of multi-messenger source for LISA

Aleksandra Olejak, Jakob Stegmann, Selma E. de Mink +3

Some stars orbiting supermassive black holes (SMBH) are expected to undergo a gravitational-wave (GW)-driven inspiral and initiate mass transfer on nearly circular orbits. However,…

astro-ph.SR2025

Using detailed single star and binary evolution models to probe the large observed luminosity spread of red supergiants in young open star clusters

Chen Wang, Lee Patrick, Abel Schootemeijer +12

Red supergiants (RSGs) represent a late evolutionary stage of massive stars. Recent observations reveal that the observed luminosity range of RSGs in young open clusters is wider t…