Observational predictions for Thorne–Żytkow objects

R Farmer, M Renzo, Y Götberg… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Thorne–Żytkow objects (TŻO) are potential end products of the merger of a neutron star with
a non-degenerate star. In this work, we have computed the first grid of evolutionary models …

Rethinking Thorne–Żytkow Object Formation: Assembly via Common Envelope in Field Binaries

RW Everson, T Hutchinson-Smith… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Thorne–Żytkow objects (TŻOs), hypothetical merger products in which a neutron star is
embedded in a stellar core, are traditionally considered steady-state configurations. Their …

The Visual Survey Group: A Decade of Hunting Exoplanets and Unusual Stellar Events with Space-based Telescopes

MHK Kristiansen, SA Rappaport… - Publications of the …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This article presents the history of the Visual Survey Group (VSG)—a Professional-Amateur
(Pro-Am) collaboration within the field of astronomy working on data from several space …

The main evolutionary pathways of massive hierarchical triple stars

F Kummer, S Toonen, A de Koter - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. So far, stellar population studies have mainly focused on the evolution of single and
binary stars. Recent observations show that triple and higher order multiple star systems are …

Uncovering a hidden black hole binary from secular eccentricity variations of a tertiary star

B Liu, DJ D'Orazio, A Vigna-Gómez, J Samsing - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We study the dynamics of a solar-type star orbiting around a black hole binary (BHB) in a
nearly coplanar system. We present a novel effect that can prompt a growth and significant …

Population synthesis of Thorne-\. Zytkow objects: Rejuvenated donors and unexplored progenitors in the common envelope formation channel

K Nathaniel, A Vigna-Gómez, A Grichener… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Context. Common envelope evolution of a massive star and a neutron star companion has
two possible outcomes: formation of a short-period binary (a potential gravitational wave …

Hypercritical accretion during common envelopes in triples leading to binary black holes in the pair-instability-supernova mass gap

E Moreno Méndez, F De Colle… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Hydrodynamic studies of stellar-mass compact objects (COs) in a common envelope (CE)
have shown that the accretion rate onto the CO is a few orders of magnitude below the …

Detached eclipsing binaries in compact hierarchical triples: triple-lined systems BD+ 442258 and KIC 06525196

A Moharana, KG Hełminiak, F Marcadon… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Compact hierarchical triples (CHTs) are systems with the tertiary star orbiting the inner
binary in an orbit shorter than 1000 d. CHT with an eclipsing binary as its inner binary can …

Extreme resonant eccentricity excitation of stars around merging black-hole binary

B Liu, D Lai - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We study the dynamics of a star orbiting a merging black-hole binary (BHB) in a coplanar
triple configuration. During the BHB's orbital decay, the system can be driven across the …

Mergers prompted by dynamics in compact, multiple-star systems: a stellar-reduction case for the massive triple TIC 470710327

A Vigna-Gómez, B Liu… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT TIC 470710327, a massive compact hierarchical triple-star system, was recently
identified by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. TIC 470710327 is comprised of a …