337 citations · 2.9k across the 66 of their papers we have counts for
5 papers · 1 filter
On the Accretion-Fed Growth of Neutron Stars During Common Envelope
Morgan MacLeod, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
This paper models the orbital inspiral of a neutron star (NS) through the envelope of its giant-branch companion during a common envelope (CE) episode. These CE episodes are necess…
Asymmetric Accretion Flows within a Common Envelope
Morgan MacLeod, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
This paper examines flows in the immediate vicinity of stars and compact objects dynamically inspiralling within a common envelope (CE). Flow in the vicinity of the embedded object…
Compact Stellar Binary Assembly in the First Nuclear Star Clusters and r-Process Synthesis in the Early Universe
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Michele Trenti, Morgan MacLeod +3
Investigations of elemental abundances in the ancient and most metal deficient stars are extremely important because they serve as tests of variable nucleosynthesis pathways and ca…
Illuminating Massive Black Holes With White Dwarfs: Orbital Dynamics and High Energy Transients from Tidal Interactions
Morgan MacLeod, Jacqueline Goldstein, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz +2
White dwarfs (WDs) can be tidally disrupted only by massive black holes (MBHs) with masses less than . These tidal interactions feed material to the MBH well abov…
Possible Origin of the G2 Cloud from the Tidal Disruption of a Known Giant Star by Sgr A*
James Guillochon, Abraham Loeb, Morgan MacLeod +1
The discovery of the gas cloud G2 on a near-radial orbit about Sgr A* has prompted much speculation on its origin. In this Letter, we propose that G2 formed out of the debris strea…