2 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
The Landscape of Unstable Mass Transfer in Interacting Binaries and Its Imprint on the Population of Luminous Red Novae
Angela A. G. Twum, Alejandro Vigna-Gómez, Morgan MacLeod +4
A common-envelope (CE) phase occurs when a star engulfs its companion and is widely considered the primary channel for producing Luminous Red Novae (LRNe). In this study, we combin…
astro-ph.SR2026
Formation of massive multiple-star systems: early migration and mergers
Sunmyon Chon, Alejandro Vigna-Gómez
Massive stars are often found in multiple systems, yet how binary-star systems with very close separations ( au) assemble remains unresolved. We investigate the formation…