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Constraints on the multiplicity of the most massive stars known: R136 a1, a2, a3, and c
T. Shenar, H. Sana, P. A. Crowther +5
The most massive stars known to date are R 136 a1, a2, a3, and c within the central cluster R 136a of the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), with reported masses…
The young massive SMC cluster NGC 330 seen by MUSE III. Stellar parameters and rotational velocities
J. Bodensteiner, H. Sana, P. L. Dufton +11
The origin of initial rotation rates of stars, and how a star's surface rotational velocity changes during the evolution, either by internal angular momentum transport or due to in…
MWC 656 is unlikely to contain a black hole
S. Janssens, T. Shenar, N. Degenaar +4
Context. MWC 656 was reported as the first known Be star with a black-hole (BH) companion in a 60 d period. The mass of the proposed BH companion is estimated to be between 4 - 7 M…
A massive helium star with a sufficiently strong magnetic field to form a magnetar
T. Shenar, G. A. Wade, P. Marchant +13
Magnetars are highly magnetized neutron stars; their formation mechanism is unknown. Hot helium-rich stars with spectra dominated by emission lines are known as Wolf-Rayet stars. W…
The multiplicity of massive stars in the Scorpius OB1 association through high-contrast imaging
Tinne Pauwels, Maddalena Reggiani, Hugues Sana +2
One of the most remarkable properties of massive stars is that almost all of them are found in binaries or higher-order multiple systems. Observations that cover the full companion…
The B-type Binaries Characterisation Programme II. VFTS 291: A stripped star from a recent mass transfer phase
J. I. Villaseñor, D. J. Lennon, A. Picco +12
Recent studies of massive binaries with putative black hole companions have uncovered a phase of binary evolution that has not been observed before, featuring a bloated stripped st…