Evolution of intermediate mass and massive binary stars: physics, mass loss, and rotation
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2016-09-09 v1
Abstract
In the present review we discuss the past and present status of the interacting OB-type binary frequency. We critically examine the popular idea that Be-stars and supergiant sgB[e] stars are binary evolutionary products. The effects of rotation on stellar evolution in general, stellar population studies in particular, and the link with binaries will be evaluated. Finally a discussion is presented of massive double compact star binary mergers as possible major sites of chemical enrichment of r-process elements and as the origin of recent aLIGO GW events.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1609.02401,
title = {Evolution of intermediate mass and massive binary stars: physics, mass loss, and rotation},
author = {D. Vanbeveren and N. Mennekens},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.02401},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
10 pages, 3 figures, invited paper to appear in the proceedings of the June 2016 conference "The B[e] Phenomenon: Forty Years of Studies"