The MULTIPLicity of supErnova progenitorS

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The excess of cool supergiants from contemporary stellar evolution models defies the metallicity-independent Humphreys–Davidson limit

Author(s): Avishai Gilkis, Tomer Shenar, Varsha Ramachandran, Adam S Jermyn, Laurent Mahy, Lidia M Oskinova, Iair Arcavi, Hugues Sana
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503/2, 2021, Page(s) 1884-1896, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab383

The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring

Author(s): T. Shenar, H. Sana, P. Marchant, B. Pablo, N. Richardson, A. F. J. Moffat, T. Van Reeth, R. H. Barbá, D. M. Bowman, P. Broos, P. A. Crowther, J. S. Clark, A. de Koter, S. E. de Mink, K. Dsilva, G. Gräfener, I. D. Howarth, N. Langer, L. Mahy, J. Maíz Apellániz, A. M. T. Pollock, F. R. N. Schneider, L. Townsley, J. S. Vink
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 650, 2021, Page(s) A147, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140693

The young massive SMC cluster NGC 330 seen by MUSE

Author(s): J. Bodensteiner, H. Sana, C. Wang, N. Langer, L. Mahy, G. Banyard, A. de Koter, S. E. de Mink, C. J. Evans, Y. Götberg, L. R. Patrick, F. R. N. Schneider, F. Tramper
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 652, 2021, Page(s) A70, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140507

Tying the Geometrical Traits of Massive Young Stellar Objects and Their Disks to a Potential Evolutionary Sequence Using Infrared Observations

Author(s): A. J. Frost, R. D. Oudmaijer, S. L. Lumsden, W. J. de Wit
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, 920/1, 2021, Page(s) 48, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac1741

Detailed evolutionary models of massive contact binaries – I. Model grids and synthetic populations for the Magellanic Clouds

Author(s): Athira Menon, Norbert Langer, Selma E de Mink, Stephen Justham, Koushik Sen, Dorottya Szécsi, Alex de Koter, Michael Abdul-Masih, Hugues Sana, Laurent Mahy, Pablo Marchant
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507/4, 2021, Page(s) 5013-5033, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2276

A relation between the radial velocity dispersion of young clusters and their age

Author(s): M. C. Ramírez-Tannus, F. Backs, A. de Koter, H. Sana, H. Beuther, A. Bik, W. Brandner, L. Kaper, H. Linz, Th. Henning, J. Poorta
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 645, 2021, Page(s) L10, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039673

The orbit and stellar masses of the archetype colliding-wind binary WR 140

Author(s): Joshua D Thomas, Noel D Richardson, J J Eldridge, Gail H Schaefer, John D Monnier, Hugues Sana, Anthony F J Moffat, Peredur Williams, Michael F Corcoran, Ian R Stevens, Gerd Weigelt, Farrah D Zainol, Narsireddy Anugu, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Theo ten Brummelaar, Fran Campos, Andrew Couperus, Claire L Davies, Jacob Ennis, Thomas Eversberg, Oliver Garde, Tyler Gardner, Joan Guarro Fló, Stefan K
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504/4, 2021, Page(s) 5221-5230, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1181

Characterization of the variability in the O+B eclipsing binary HD 165246

Author(s): C Johnston, N Aimar, M Abdul-Masih, D M Bowman, T R White, C Hawcroft, H Sana, S Sekaran, K Dsilva, A Tkachenko, C Aerts
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503/1, 2021, Page(s) 1124-1137, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab488

BAT99 126: A multiple Wolf-Rayet system in the Large Magellanic Cloud with a massive near-contact binary

Author(s): S. Janssens, T. Shenar, L. Mahy, P. Marchant, H. Sana, J. Bodensteiner
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 646, 2021, Page(s) A33, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039305

Resolving the dynamical mass tension of the massive binary 9 Sagittarii

Author(s): M. Fabry, C. Hawcroft, A. J. Frost, L. Mahy, P. Marchant, J.-B. Le Bouquin, H. Sana
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 651, 2021, Page(s) A119, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140452

Carina High-contrast Imaging Project for massive Stars (CHIPS)

Author(s): A. Rainot, M. Reggiani, H. Sana, J. Bodensteiner, C. A. Gomez-Gonzalez, O. Absil, V. Christiaens, P. Delorme, L. A. Almeida, S. Caballero-Nieves, J. De Ridder, K. Kratter, S. Lacour, J.-B. Le Bouquin, L. Pueyo, H. Zinnecker
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 640, 2020, Page(s) A15, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936448

The “hidden” companion in LB-1 unveiled by spectral disentangling

Author(s): T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner, M. Abdul-Masih, M. Fabry, L. Mahy, P. Marchant, G. Banyard, D. M. Bowman, K. Dsilva, C. Hawcroft, M. Reggiani, H. Sana
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 639, 2020, Page(s) L6, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038275

Investigating the lack of main-sequence companions to massive Be stars

Author(s): J. Bodensteiner, T. Shenar, H. Sana
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 641, 2020, Page(s) A42, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037640

A spectroscopic multiplicity survey of Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars

Author(s): K. Dsilva, T. Shenar, H. Sana, P. Marchant
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 641, 2020, Page(s) A26, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038446

Clues on the Origin and Evolution of Massive Contact Binaries: Atmosphere Analysis of VFTS 352

Author(s): Michael Abdul-Masih, Hugues Sana, Jon Sundqvist, Laurent Mahy, Athira Menon, Leonardo A. Almeida, Alex De Koter, Selma E. de Mink, Stephen Justham, Norbert Langer, Joachim Puls, Tomer Shenar, Frank Tramper
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, 880/2, 2019, Page(s) 115, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab24d4

The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring

Author(s): L. Mahy, L. A. Almeida, H. Sana, J. S. Clark, A. de Koter, S. E. de Mink, C. J. Evans, N. J. Grin, N. Langer, A. F. J. Moffat, F. R. N. Schneider, T. Shenar, F. Tramper
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 634, 2020, Page(s) A119, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936152

The stellar and wind parameters of six prototypical HMXBs and their evolutionary status

Author(s): R. Hainich, L. M. Oskinova, J. M. Torrejón, F. Fuerst, A. Bodaghee, T. Shenar, A. A. C. Sander, H. Todt, K. Spetzer, W.-R. Hamann
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 634, 2020, Page(s) A49, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935498

The Galactic WC and WO stars

Author(s): A. A. C. Sander, W.-R. Hamann, H. Todt, R. Hainich, T. Shenar, V. Ramachandran, L. M. Oskinova
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 621, 2019, Page(s) A92, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833712

Multiplicity of the red supergiant population in the young massive cluster NGC 330

Author(s): L. R. Patrick, D. J. Lennon, C. J. Evans, H. Sana, J. Bodensteiner, N. Britavskiy, R. Dorda, A. Herrero, I. Negueruela, A. de Koter
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 635, 2020, Page(s) A29, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936741

On the signature of a 70-solar-mass black hole in LB-1

Author(s): Michael Abdul-Masih, Gareth Banyard, Julia Bodensteiner, Emma Bordier, Dominic M. Bowman, Karan Dsilva, Matthias Fabry, Calum Hawcroft, Laurent Mahy, Pablo Marchant, Gert Raskin, Maddalena Reggiani, Tomer Shenar, Andrew Tkachenko, Hans Van Winckel, Lore Vermeylen, Hugues Sana
Published in: Nature, 580/7805, 2020, Page(s) E11-E15, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2216-x

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

Author(s): T. Shenar, A. Gilkis, J. S. Vink, H. Sana, A. A. C. Sander
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 634, 2020, Page(s) A79, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936948

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey

Author(s): L. R. Patrick, D. J. Lennon, N. Britavskiy, C. J. Evans, H. Sana, W. D. Taylor, A. Herrero, L. A. Almeida, J. S. Clark, M. Gieles, N. Langer, F. R. N. Schneider, J. Th. van Loon
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 624, 2019, Page(s) A129, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834951

Low-metallicity massive single stars with rotation

Author(s): B. Kubátová, D. Szécsi, A. A. C. Sander, J. Kubát, F. Tramper, J. Krtička, C. Kehrig, W.-R. Hamann, R. Hainich, T. Shenar
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 623, 2019, Page(s) A8, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834360

Testing massive star evolution, star formation history, and feedback at low metallicity

Author(s): V. Ramachandran, W.-R. Hamann, L. M. Oskinova, J. S. Gallagher, R. Hainich, T. Shenar, A. A. C. Sander, H. Todt, L. Fulmer
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 625, 2019, Page(s) A104, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935365

The Wolf–Rayet binaries of the nitrogen sequence in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Author(s): T. Shenar, D. P. Sablowski, R. Hainich, H. Todt, A. F. J. Moffat, L. M. Oskinova, V. Ramachandran, H. Sana, A. A. C. Sander, O. Schnurr, N. St-Louis, D. Vanbeveren, Y. Götberg, W.-R. Hamann
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 627, 2019, Page(s) A151, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935684

The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring III. Atmosphere analysis of double-lined spectroscopic systems

Author(s): Mahy L., Sana H., Abdul-Masih M., Almeida L. A., Langer N., Shenar T., de Koter A., de Mink S. E., de Wit S., Grin N. J., Evans C. J., Moffat A. F. J., Schneider F. R. N., Barbá R., Clark J. S., Crowther P., Gräfener G., Lennon D. J., Tramper F., Vink J. S.
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 634, 2020, Page(s) A118, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag

The Galactic WN stars revisited

Author(s): W.-R. Hamann, G. Gräfener, A. Liermann, R. Hainich, A. A. C. Sander, T. Shenar, V. Ramachandran, H. Todt, L. M. Oskinova
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 625, 2019, Page(s) A57, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834850

(Sub)stellar companions shape the winds of evolved stars

Author(s): L. Decin, M. Montargès, A. M. S. Richards, C. A. Gottlieb, W. Homan, I. McDonald, I. El Mellah, T. Danilovich, S. H. J. Wallström, A. Zijlstra, A. Baudry, J. Bolte, E. Cannon, E. De Beck, F. De Ceuster, A. de Koter, J. De Ridder, S. Etoka, D. Gobrecht, M. Gray, F. Herpin, M. Jeste, E. Lagadec, P. Kervella, T. Khouri, K. Menten, T. J. Millar, H. S. P. Müller, J. M. C. Plane, R. Sahai, H. Sana, M
Published in: Science, 369/6510, 2020, Page(s) 1497-1500, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.abb1229

Constraining the overcontact phase in massive binary evolution

Author(s): Michael Abdul-Masih, Hugues Sana, Calum Hawcroft, Leonardo A. Almeida, Sarah A. Brands, Selma E. de Mink, Stephen Justham, Norbert Langer, Laurent Mahy, Pablo Marchant, Athira Menon, Joachim Puls, Jon Sundqvist
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 651, 2021, Page(s) A96, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202040195

Is HR 6819 a triple system containing a black hole?

Author(s): J. Bodensteiner, T. Shenar, L. Mahy, M. Fabry, P. Marchant, M. Abdul-Masih, G. Banyard, D. M. Bowman, K. Dsilva, A. J. Frost, C. Hawcroft, M. Reggiani, H. Sana
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 641, 2020, Page(s) A43, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038682

The First Dynamical Mass Determination of a Nitrogen-rich Wolf–Rayet Star Using a Combined Visual and Spectroscopic Orbit

Author(s): Noel D. Richardson, Laura Lee, Gail Schaefer, Tomer Shenar, Andreas A. C. Sander, Grant M. Hill, Andrew G. Fullard, John D. Monnier, Narsireddy Anugu, Claire L Davies, Tyler Gardner, Cyprien Lanthermann, Stefan Kraus, Benjamin R. Setterholm
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, 908/1, 2021, Page(s) L3, ISSN 2041-8205
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abd722