3 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
An Orbit for a Massive Wolf-Rayet Binary in the LMC: An Example of Binary Evolution
Breelyn Cocke, Philip Massey, Nidia I. Morrell +6
Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are helium-burning, evolved massive stars which have had most of their hydrogen-rich outer layers removed either through stellar winds and/or binary stripping…
astro-ph.SR2025
A magnetic white dwarf formed through a binary merger within 35 million years
Huahui Yan, Jiamao Lin, Rizhong Zheng +15
White dwarfs (WDs) represent the final evolutionary stage of most stars, typically originating from progenitor stars with masses below approximately 8 to 10 …
astro-ph.HE2025
White dwarf-neutron star binaries: a plausible pathway for long-duration gamma-ray bursts from compact object mergers?
A. A. Chrimes, N. Gaspari, A. J. Levan +7
Two long-duration gamma-ray bursts were recently discovered with kilonovae, the signature of r-process element production in a compact binary merger, rather than supernovae. This h…