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Evolution of low-mass He stars and implications for electron-capture supernova formation in close binaries
Jun-Qian Li, Ying Qin, Zi-Yuan Wang +3
The evolution of low-mass helium (He) stars (--) with neutron-star (NS) companions in close binaries has been extensively studied, but the combined effects of…
astro-ph.HE2025
Diagnosing the Properties and Evolutionary Fates of Black Hole and Wolf-Rayet X-ray Binaries as Potential Gravitational Wave Sources for the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Network
Zi-Yuan Wang, Ying Qin, Georges Meynet +7
IC 10 X-1, NGC 300 X-1, and Cyg X-3 constitute a unique class of X-ray binaries in which a stellar-mass black hole (BH) accretes material from a Wolf-Rayet (WR). These systems are…