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most citedThe R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 Msun stellar mass limit

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astro-ph.SR2023

The RMS survey: a census of massive YSO multiplicity in the -band

Robert G. Shenton, Rebecca J. Houghton, René D. Oudmaijer +4

Close to 100 per cent of massive stars are thought to be in binary systems. The multiplicity of massive stars seems to be intrinsically linked to their formation and evolution, and…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

On encounter rates in star clusters

Krisada Rawiraswattana, Simon P. Goodwin

Close encounters between stars in star forming regions are important as they can perturb or destroy protoplanetary discs, young planetary systems, and stellar multiple systems. We…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 5 cited

Modelling uncertainties in wide binary constraints on primordial black holes

Emily Tyler, Anne M. Green, Simon P. Goodwin

Dark matter in the form of compact objects with mass can be constrained by its dynamical effects on wide binary stars. Motivated by the recent int…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 1 cited

Few Observation Binary Orbit Solver (FOBOS) from two (or more) astrometric observations

Rebecca J. Houghton, Simon P. Goodwin

We have developed a new, fast method of estimating the orbital properties of a binary or triple system using as few as two epochs of astrometric data. FOBOS (Few Observation Binary…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 7 cited

OB Associations

Nicholas J. Wright, Simon Goodwin, Robin D. Jeffries +2

OB associations are low-density groups of young stars that are dispersing from their birth environment into the Galactic field. They are important for understanding the star format…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 18 cited

The first interferometric survey in the K-band of massive YSOs. On the hot dust, ionised gas, and binarity at au scales

E. Koumpia, W. -J. de Wit, R. D. Oudmaijer +8

Circumstellar discs are essential for high mass star formation, while multiplicity, in particular binarity, appears to be an inevitable outcome since the vast majority of massive s…