3 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
Can the dust eclipses in WR 104 provide constraints on the system's inclination?
Noel D. Richardson, Ryan M. T. White, Anthony J. Fabrega +8
When two massive stars orbit each other, their winds create a shock cone. In some cases, an evolved, carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet (WR) star's wind collides with that of an orbiting OB st…
astro-ph.SR2025
Carbon-rich dust injected into the interstellar medium by Galactic WC binaries survives for hundreds of years
Noel D. Richardson, Micaela Henson, Emma P. Lieb +23
Some carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet stars (WC stars) show an infrared excess from dust emission. Dust forms in the collision of the WC wind with a companion star's wind. As this dust is ca…
astro-ph.GA2025
Dynamic Imprints of Colliding-wind Dust Formation from WR140
Emma P. Lieb, Ryan M. Lau, Jennifer L. Hoffman +24
Carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet binaries are a prominent source of carbonaceous dust that contribute to the dust budget of galaxies. The "textbook" example of an episodic dust producing WR…