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The formation of transiting circumplanetary debris discs from the disruption of satellite systems during planet-planet scattering
Alexander J. Mustill, Melvyn B. Davies, Matthew A. Kenworthy
Several stars show deep transits consistent with discs of roughly 1 Solar radius seen at moderate inclinations, likely surrounding planets on eccentric orbits. We show that this co…
Close encounters involving free-floating planets in star clusters
Long Wang, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, Xiaochen Zheng +2
Instabilities in planetary systems can result in the ejection of planets from their host system, resulting in free-floating planets (FFPs). If this occurs in a star cluster, the FF…
The properties of long gamma-ray bursts in massive compact binaries
Ross P. Church, Chunglee Kim, Andrew J. Levan +1
We consider a popular model for long-duration gamma-ray bursts, in which the progenitor star, a stripped helium core, is spun up by tidal interactions with a black- hole companion…
The Impact of Stellar Collisions in the Galactic Center
M. B. Davies, R. P. Church, D. Malmberg +3
We consider whether stellar collisions can explain the observed depletion of red giants in the Galactic center. We model the stellar population with two different IMFs: 1) the Mill…
Is our Sun a Singleton?
D. Malmberg, M. B. Davies, J. E. Chambers +4
Most stars are formed in a cluster or association, where the number density of stars can be high. This means that a large fraction of initially-single stars will undergo close enco…
The minimum orbital period in thermal-timescale mass transfer
A. R. King, K. Schenker, U. Kolb +1
We show that the usual picture of supersoft X-ray binary evolution as driven by conservative thermal-timescale mass transfer cannot explain the short orbital periods of RX J0537.7-…