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20222026
most citedThe structure of jets launched from post-AGB binary systems

28 citations · 114 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity XV. On the metallicity dependence of B-supergiant mass-loss rates

O. Verhamme, J. O. Sundqvist, A. de Koter +21

Context. For stellar evolution models we rely on mass-loss rate prescriptions that show features that lack empirical confirmation, such as the bi-stability jump. This jump is an in…

astro-ph.SR2026

The Tarantula massive binary monitoring VII. The nature of the eccentric O+BH binary candidate VFTS 812

K. Deshmukh, H. Sana, O. Verhamme +9

Massive O-type stars () with an X-ray quiet black hole (BH) companion represent a crucial stage in massive binary evolution leading to binary BH mergers. The p…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

2D unified atmosphere and wind simulations for a grid of O-type stars

Nicolas Moens, Dwaipayan Debnath, Olivier Verhamme +4

The atmospheres of massive O-type stars (O stars) are dynamic, turbulent environments resulting from radiatively driven instabilities over the iron bump, located slightly beneath t…

astro-ph.SR2025

Spectral synthesis of 3D unified model atmospheres with winds for O stars

L. Delbroek, J. O. Sundqvist, D. Debnath +5

Spectroscopic studies of massive and luminous O-type stellar atmospheres and winds have primarily been done by using 1D, spherically symmetric and stationary models. Both observati…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited

Improving 1D stellar atmosphere models with insights from multi-dimensional simulations II. 1D versus 3D hydrodynamically consistent model comparison for WR stars

G. González-Torà, A. A. C. Sander, N. Moens +8

Classical Wolf-Rayet (cWR) stars are evolved massive stars that have lost most of their H envelope and exhibit dense, extended atmospheres with strong, line-driven winds. Accuratel…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

An on-the-fly line-driven-wind iterative mass-loss estimator (LIME) for hot, massive stars of arbitrary chemical compositions

J. O. Sundqvist, D. Debnath, F. Backs +7

Mass-loss rates from hot, massive stars are important for a range of astrophysical applications. We present \href{https://lime.ster.kuleuven.be/}{LIME}, a fast, efficient, and easy…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 11 cited

Improving 1D stellar atmosphere models with insights from multi-dimensional simulations I. 1D vs 2D stratifications and spectral comparison for O stars

G. González-Torà, A. A. C. Sander, J. O. Sundqvist +7

We compare current 1D and multi-dimensional atmosphere modelling approaches for massive stars to understand their strengths and shortcomings. We calculate averaged stratifications…

astro-ph.SR2024

X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity VI. Atmosphere and mass-loss properties of O-type giants in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Frank Backs, S. A. Brands, A. de Koter +21

Mass loss through a stellar wind is an important physical process that steers the evolution of massive stars and controls the properties of their end-of-life products, such as the…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 20 cited

X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at low metallicity IX: Empirical constraints on mass-loss rates and clumping parameters for OB supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud

O. Verhamme, J. Sundqvist, A. de Koter +16

Context. Current implementations of mass loss for hot, massive stars in stellar evolution models include a sharp increase in mass loss when blue supergiants become cooler than Teff…

astro-ph.SR2024

X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity VII. Stellar and wind properties of B supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud

M. Bernini-Peron, A. A. C. Sander, V. Ramachandran +22

Context. B supergiants (BSGs) represent an important connection between the main sequence and more extreme evolutionary stages of massive stars. Additionally, lying toward the cool…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 4 cited

Jet formation in post-AGB binaries: Confronting cold magnetohydrodynamic disc wind wind models with observations

Toon De Prins, Hans Van Winckel, Jonathan Ferreira +4

Aims: We consider cold self-similar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) disc wind solutions to describe jets that are launched from the circumcompanion accretion discs in post-AGB binaries.…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 8 cited

A dynamic view of V Hydrae. Monitoring of a spectroscopic-binary AGB star with an alkaline jet

L. Planquart, A. Jorissen, A. Escorza +2

The well studied carbon star V Hydrae is known to exhibit a complex asymmetric environment made of a dense equatorial wind and high-velocity outflows, hinting at its transition fro…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 22 cited

X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at low metallicity II. DR1: Advanced optical data products for the Magellanic Clouds

H. Sana, F. Tramper, M. Abdul-Masih +34

Using the medium resolution spectrograph X-shooter, spectra of 235 OB and Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in sub-solar metallicity environments have been secured. [...]This second paper focu…

astro-ph.SR2024

2D unified atmosphere and wind simulations of O-type stars

D. Debnath, J. O. Sundqvist, N. Moens +3

Massive and luminous O-star atmospheres with winds have been studied primarily using one-dimensional (1D), spherically symmetric, and stationary models. However, observations and t…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 8 cited

Magnetically driven winds from accretion disks in post-asymptotic giant branch binaries

Olivier Verhamme, Jacques Kluska, Jonathan Ferreira +4

Context. Jets are commonly detected in post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binaries and originate from an accretion process onto the companion of the post-AGB primary. These je…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 28 cited

The structure of jets launched from post-AGB binary systems

Dylan Bollen, Devika Kamath, Hans Van Winckel +4

We focus on post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binaries and study the interaction between the different components of these complex systems. These components comprise the post…