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Contact Tracing of Massive Binary Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2024

Jan Henneco*
Affiliation:
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University, Königstuhl 12, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Fabian R. N. Schneider
Affiliation:
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University, Königstuhl 12, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Saskia Hekker
Affiliation:
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University, Königstuhl 12, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Eva Laplace
Affiliation:
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

Stellar mergers produce more massive, rejuvenated (strongly magnetic) stars, with potentially peculiar properties, and can be detected as luminous red novae. Using a grid of detailed 1D binary evolution models, we aim to determine which binary systems are likely to merge and at what evolutionary stage. This will tell us more about the merger products, and might help us understand some of the trends found in observed single- and multiple-star populations.

Type
Poster Paper
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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