2 papers
astro-ph.SR2025
The evolution of accretor stars in binary systems due to accretion of increasingly helium-rich material
Sean Richards, Jan Eldridge, Sohan Ghodla +1
The recent discovery of examples of intermediate-mass helium stars have offered new insights into interacting binaries. These observations will allow significant improvements in ou…
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…