The MULTIPLicity of supErnova progenitorS

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Peer reviewed articles (24)

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, Issue 503/2, 2021, Page(s) 1884-1896, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab383

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, Issue 645, 2021, Page(s) L10, ISSN 0004-6361
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039673

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, Issue 503/1, 2021, Page(s) 1124-1137, ISSN 0035-8711
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, Issue 646, 2021, Page(s) A33, ISSN 0004-6361
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039305

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, Issue 640, 2020, Page(s) A15, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 639, 2020, Page(s) L6, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 641, 2020, Page(s) A42, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 641, 2020, Page(s) A26, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 880/2, 2019, Page(s) 115, ISSN 1538-4357
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, Issue 634, 2020, Page(s) A119, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 634, 2020, Page(s) A49, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 621, 2019, Page(s) A92, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 635, 2020, Page(s) A29, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 580/7805, 2020, Page(s) E11-E15, ISSN 0028-0836
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, Issue 634, 2020, Page(s) A79, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 624, 2019, Page(s) A129, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 623, 2019, Page(s) A8, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 625, 2019, Page(s) A104, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 627, 2019, Page(s) A151, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 634, 2020, Page(s) A118, ISSN 0004-6361

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, Issue 625, 2019, Page(s) A57, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 369/6510, 2020, Page(s) 1497-1500, ISSN 0036-8075
DOI: 10.1126/science.abb1229

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, Issue 641, 2020, Page(s) A43, ISSN 0004-6361
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, Issue 908/1, 2021, Page(s) L3, ISSN 2041-8205
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abd722