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Evidence for the emergence of stellar magnetic fields during rapid mass transfer
Gregg A. Wade, Tomer Shenar, Pablo Marchant +6
Binary interaction fundamentally alters the evolution of massive stars, yet the physical consequences of mass transfer remain poorly constrained. Here we present high-resolution sp…
SPAMMS: 3D spectroscopic modeling of stellar surfaces. II. Implementation of Kurucz and TLUSTY model atmospheres
D. Galán-Diéguez, M. Abdul-Masih, C. Allende Prieto +3
Context. Accurate stellar spectra are essential to derive stellar properties. Traditional model atmospheres often oversimplify phenomena that break spherical symmetry, such as rota…
The symphony of pulsations and binarity among massive stars using HERMES spectroscopy and TESS photometry
K. Thomson-Paressant, D. M. Bowman, F. Nardini +16
A wide range of variability mechanisms exist among intermediate mass and massive stars, which are not yet fully understood. Using complementary data sources for a large population…
Multiplicity of Massive Stars at Low Metallicity: Early Results from the BLOeM Campaign
T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner, M. Abdul-Masih +73
Massive stars at low metallicity (Z) play a central role in shaping the high-redshift Universe, yet their multiplicity remains poorly constrained. The Binarity at Low Metallicity (…
SpecFANN: Spectral Fitting via Artificial Neural Networks I. A deep learning based fastwind emulator and fitting suite
M. Abdul-Masih, C. Hawcroft, T. Lechien +14
The importance of massive stars cannot be overstated: they are powerful probes of the early universe, play a vital role in the chemical and mechanical evolution of their host envir…
K 1-6 is a photoionised ISM nebula shaped by a fast-moving hot white dwarf in a triple system
Jaroslav Merc, David Jones, Ana Escorza +22
K 1-6 has long been classified as a planetary nebula (PN) hosting a binary central star, yet it has remained poorly studied due to its faintness. The central star exhibits pronounc…
Symbiotic binaries in the Gaia data. II. Symbiotic candidates from general variability classification in DR3
Jaroslav Merc, Lionel Mulato, Joanna Mikołajewska +7
We investigate the reliability of the symbiotic star class in the general variability classification of Gaia DR3 and search for new genuine symbiotic systems among the objects assi…
Physics of Eclipsing Binaries. VI. Hot, compact stars
David Jones, Nicole Reindl, Kyle Conroy +9
Models of eclipsing binaries require the assignment of appropriate emergent intensities to the surface elements of the binary components. For distance-dependent modelling of flux-c…
HOney-BeeS II. Be-X-ray binaries as testbeds for spectroscopic studies of Be stars
S. Janssens, H. Sana, T. Shenar +2
The majority of massive classical Be stars are thought to be binary interactions products. Their rapid rotation and often strong, variable, and emission-line dominated spectrum, ma…
The lack of fast rotators in Cyg OB2. I. Insights from spectral reclassification of its B0 population
D. Galán-Diéguez, S. R. Berlanas, A. Herrero +4
Context. Cygnus OB2, in the Cygnus X complex -- one of the most active star-forming regions of the Galaxy -- hosts hundreds of O- and B-type stars at different evolutionary stages.…
The Triple System V1371 Tau: An Eclipsing Binary with an Outer Be Star
Danilo F. Rocha, Marcelo Emilio, Jonathan Labadie-Bartz +10
Although triple systems are common, their orbital dynamics and stellar evolution remain poorly understood. We investigated the V1371 Tau system using TESS photometry, multi-epoch s…
A high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity
H. Sana, T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner +74
At high metallicity, a majority of massive stars have at least one close stellar companion. The evolution of such binaries is subject to strong interaction processes, heavily impac…
Large-scale variability in macroturbulence driven by pulsations in the rapidly rotating massive star Zeta Oph from high-cadence ESPRESSO spectroscopy and TESS photometry
A. J. Kalita, D. M. Bowman, M. Abdul-Masih +1
Despite their importance, the dynamical properties of massive stars remain poorly understood. Rotation is a key driver of internal mixing and angular momentum transport, significan…
Physics Of Eclipsing Binaries. IX. Spectroscopic module
Miroslav Brož, Andrej Prša, Kyle E. Conroy +1
Spectroscopic observations constrain the fundamental properties of stellar atmospheres, in particular, the effective temperature, the gravitational acceleration, or the metallicity…
Binarity at Low Metallicity (BLOeM) -- Multiplicity properties of Oe and Be stars
J. Bodensteiner, T. Shenar, H. Sana +40
Rapidly rotating classical OBe stars have been proposed as the products of binary interactions, and the fraction of Be stars with compact companions implies that at least some are.…
Newborn Be star systems observed shortly after mass transfer
Th. Rivinius, R. Klement, S. D. Chojnowski +24
Many classical Be stars acquire their very rapid rotation by mass and angular-momentum transfer in massive binaries. Short-lived intermediate-phase objects have only been discovere…
Constraining the overcontact phase in massive binary evolution -- III. Period stability of known B+B and O+B overcontact systems
Jasmine Vrancken, Michael Abdul-Masih, Ana Escorza +3
Binary systems play a crucial role in massive star evolution. Systems composed of B-type and O-type stars are of particular interest due to their potential to lead to very energeti…
Empirical mass-loss rates and clumping properties of O-type stars in the LMC
C. Hawcroft, L. Mahy, H. Sana +6
We constrain wind parameters of a sample of 18 O-type stars in the LMC, through analysis with stellar atmosphere and wind models including the effects of optically thick clumping.…
Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM): a spectroscopic VLT monitoring survey of massive stars in the SMC
T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner, H. Sana +74
Surveys in the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud revealed that the majority of massive stars will interact with companions during their lives. However, knowledge of the binary p…
The colliding-wind binary HD 168112
R. Blomme, G. Rauw, D. Volpi +2
Radio surveys of early-type stars have revealed a number of non-thermal emitters. Most of these have been shown to be binaries, where the collision between the two stellar winds is…
X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at low metallicity II. DR1: Advanced optical data products for the Magellanic Clouds
H. Sana, F. Tramper, M. Abdul-Masih +34
Using the medium resolution spectrograph X-shooter, spectra of 235 OB and Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in sub-solar metallicity environments have been secured. [...]This second paper focu…
MELCHIORS: The Mercator Library of High Resolution Stellar Spectroscopy
P. Royer, T. Merle, K. Dsilva +71
Over the past decades, libraries of stellar spectra have been used in a large variety of science cases, including as sources of reference spectra for a given object or a given spec…
X-Shooting ULLYSES: massive stars at low metallicity. I. Project Description
Jorick S. Vink, A. Mehner, P. A. Crowther +78
Observations of individual massive stars, super-luminous supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and gravitational-wave events involving spectacular black-hole mergers, indicate that the low…
The effects of rotation on massive star spectroscopic observables
Michael Abdul-Masih
Rotation is ubiquitous among massive stars. With rotation comes a deformation to the surface geometry, which in turn leads to alterations in the distribution of parameters across t…