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Binary stars have been shown to have a substantial impact on the integrated light of stellar populations, particularly at low metallicity and early ages - conditions prevalent in the distant Universe. But the fraction of stars in stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-06 E. R. Stanway , A. A. Chrimes , J. J. Eldridge , H. F. Stevance , .

We explore the usefulness of future gravitational microlensing surveys in the study of binary properties such as the binary fraction and the distributions of binary separation and mass ratio by using the binary sample detectable through a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Cheongho Han

A brief summary of properties of the contact binaries is presented, with the goal to stress the unsolved problems of their formation and evolution as well as their potential contribution to studies of Galactic stellar populations. The first…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Slavek Rucinski

The complexity of composite spectra of close binary star system makes study of the spectra of their component stars extremely difficult. For this reason there exists very little information on the photospheric chemical composition of stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 K. Pavlovski , J. Southworth

We estimate the observed distribution of chirp masses of compact object binaries for the gravitational wave detectors. The stellar binary evolution is modeled using the {\em StarTrack} population synthesis code. The distribution of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Bulik , K. Belczynski

We use analytical and N-body methods to examine the survival of wide stellar binaries against repeated encounters with dark substructures orbiting in the dark matter haloes of dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). Our models adopt…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-06-01 Jorge Penarrubia , Sergey E. Koposov , Matthew G. Walker , Gerry Gilmore , N. Wyn Evans , Craig D. Mackay

The dynamical influence of binary companions is expected to profoundly influence planetary systems. However, the difficulty of identifying planets in binary systems has left the magnitude of this effect uncertain; despite numerous…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-29 Adam L. Kraus , Michael J. Ireland , Daniel Huber , Andrew W. Mann , Trent J. Dupuy

We study the evolution of populations of binary stars within massive cluster-forming regions. We simulate the formation of young massive star clusters within giant molecular clouds with masses ranging from 2 x 10$^{4}$ to 3.2 x 10$^{5}$…

The study of binary stars in the Galactic halo provides crucial insights into the dynamical history and formation processes of the Milky Way. In this work, we aim to investigate the binary fraction in a sample of accreted and in-situ halo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-14 Dolev Bashi , Vasily Belokurov , Simon Hodgkin

Our understanding of massive stars remains incomplete. Many high-z galaxies and nearby analogs exhibit strong He II emission, indicating an abundance of photons with energies >54.4 eV that standard single-star population models cannot…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-24 Beryl Hovis-Afflerbach , Allison L. Strom , Alberto Saldana-Lopez , Sophia R. Flury

Many, possibly most, stars form in binary and higher-order multiple systems. Therefore, the properties and frequency of binary systems provide strong clues to the star-formation process, and constraints on star-formation models. However,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Simon P. Goodwin

Be/X-ray binaries comprise roughly two-thirds of the high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs), which is a class of X-ray binaries that results from the high mass of the companion or donor star (> 10 solar masses). Currently the formation and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. D. Kiel , J. R. Hurley , J. R. Murray , K. Hayasaki

Binary stars play a crucial role in our understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters and their stellar populations. We use Gaia Data Release 3 to homogeneously analyze 78 Galactic open clusters and the unresolved binary…

The frequency of planets in binaries is an important issue in the field of extrasolar planet studies because of its relevance in the estimation of the global planet population of our galaxy and the clues it can give to our understanding of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-28 Mariangela Bonavita , Silvano Desidera

Binary black holes are the primary endpoint of massive stellar evolution. Their properties provide a unique opportunity to constrain binary evolution, which is still poorly understood. In this paper, we predict the inventory of binary black…

The INTEGRAL satellite has revealed a major population of supergiant High Mass X-ray Binaries in our Galaxy, revolutionizing our understanding of binary systems and their evolution. This population, constituted of a compact object orbiting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Sylvain Chaty

Stellar multiplicity is a fundamental ingredient of stellar astrophysics, yet binary statistics across the Galaxy remain poorly constrained. The \emph{Gaia} mission has revolutionised binary star astrophysics by delivering high-precision…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Borja Anguiano

Binary stars are as common as single stars. Binary stars are of immense importance to astrophysicists because that they allow us to determine the masses of the stars independent of their distances. They are the cornerstone of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-21 Xuefei Chen , Zhengwei Liu , Zhanwen Han

Stellar populations and their distribution differ widely across the Galaxy, which is likely to affect planet demographics. Our local neighbourhood is dominated by young, metal-rich stars in the galactic thin disc, while the stellar halo and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-12 C. Boettner , P. Dayal , M. Trebitsch , N. Libeskind , K. Rice , C. Cockell , B. I. Tieleman

Binaries are very common in galaxies, and more than half of Galactic hot subdwarf stars, which are thought as a possible origin of UV-upturn of old stellar populations, are found in binaries. Previous works showed that binary evolution can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Zhongmu Li , Caiyan Mao , Li Chen , Qian Zhang , Maocai Li