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most citedWhy binary interaction does not necessarily dominate the formation of Wolf-Rayet stars at low metallicity

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astro-ph.SR2026

Disc-mediated angular momentum transport resolves the mass-gain problem in rotating binaries

Sebastian Ljung, Avishai Gilkis, Sandro Tacchella

A large fraction of stars interact with a close companion during their lifetime, in which the transfer of mass and angular momentum shapes their evolution and final fate. Standard…

physics.gen-ph2026

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 (…

astro-ph.SR2026

The Stellar Winds Atlas II: Black Hole Formation at Solar Metallicity

Amedeo Romagnolo, Floor S. Broekgaarden, Alex C. Gormaz-Matamala +7

Stellar winds are a primary source of uncertainty in predicting the masses of black holes (BHs) from massive stars. At solar metallicity, theoretical models lead to widely divergen…

astro-ph.HE2026

Hubble as a Unique Discovery Engine of the Fate of Massive Stars and Black Hole Formation

Avishai Gilkis, Eva Laplace, Charles D. Kilpatrick +3

How stellar-mass black holes are formed is an open question in astrophysics, with very limited observational constraints. It is not known which types of stars are more likely to pr…

astro-ph.SR2026

Hot blue progenitors of stellar-mass black holes

Avishai Gilkis, Eva Laplace, Maria Drout +7

While the connection between massive stars and supernova explosions is well established observationally, the link between massive stars and black hole formation remains elusive. So…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 22 cited

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…