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most citedDetection of additional Be+sdO systems from IUE spectroscopy

114 citations · 616 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.SR2023★ 36 cited

The orbital and physical properties of five southern Be+sdO binary systems

Luqian Wang, Douglas R. Gies, Geraldine J. Peters +1

Close binary interactions may play a critical role in the formation of the rapidly rotating Be stars. Mass transfer can result in a mass gainer star spun up by the accretion of mas…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 7 cited

UV Spectropolarimetry with Polstar: Massive Star Binary Colliding Winds

Nicole St-Louis, Kenneth Gayley, D. John Hillier +13

The winds of massive stars are important for their direct impact on the interstellar medium, and for their influence on the final state of a star prior to it exploding as a superno…

astro-ph.SR2021

Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry with Polstar: Massive Star Binary Colliding Winds

Nicole St-Louis, Kenneth Gayley, Desmond John Hillier +13

As sources of chemical enrichment, ionizing radiation and energetic feedback, massive stars drive the ecology of their host galaxies despite their relative rarity, additionally to…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 8 cited

Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry:Conservative and Nonconservative Mass Transfer in OB Interacting Binaries

Geraldine J. Peters, Ken Gayley, Richard Ignace +11

One objective of the Polstar spectropolarimetry mission is to characterize the degree of nonconservative mass transfer that occurs at various stages of binary evolution, from the i…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 21 cited

Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry: on the origin of rapidly rotating B stars

C. E. Jones, J. Labadie-Bartz, D. V. Cotton +12

UV spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry hold the key to understanding certain aspects of massive stars that are largely inaccessible with optical or longer wavelength observations.…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 96 cited

The Detection and Characterization of Be+sdO Binaries from HST/STIS FUV Spectroscopy

Luqian Wang, Douglas R. Gies, Geraldine J. Peters +4

The B-emission line stars are rapid rotators that were probably spun up by mass and angular momentum accretion through mass transfer in an interacting binary. Mass transfer will st…