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Triple stars are prevalent within the population of observed stars. Their evolution, compared to binaries, is notably more complex, influenced by unique dynamical, tidal, and mass transfer processes. Understanding these phenomena is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-08 F. Kummer , S. Toonen , A. Dorozsmai , E. Grishin , A. de Koter

Short-period massive binary stars are predicted to undergo chemically homogeneous evolution (CHE), making them prime candidates for producing binary black holes (BBHs) that may merge within the age of the Universe. Most of these binaries…

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 common, especially among massive stars. Introducing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-19 F. Kummer , S. Toonen , A. de Koter

Massive stars are often born in triples, where gravitational dynamics and stellar interactions play a crucial role in shaping their evolution. One such pathway includes the merger of the inner binary, transforming the system to a binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 F. Kummer , G. Simion , S. Toonen , A. de Koter

Most back hole and neutron star progenitors are found in triples or higher multiplicity systems. Here, we present a new triple stellar evolution code, ${\tt TSE}$, which simultaneously takes into account the physics of the stars and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-11 Jakob Stegmann , Fabio Antonini , Maxwell Moe

Many stars do not live alone, but instead have one or more stellar companions. Observations show that these binaries, triples and higher-order multiples are common. Whereas the evolution of single stars and binaries have been studied…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 S. Toonen , S. Portegies Zwart , A. Hamers , D. Bandopadhyay

The evolution of main sequence binaries resided in the galactic centre is influenced a lot by the central super massive black hole (SMBH). Due to this perturbation, the stars in a dense environment are likely to experience mergers or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 Bin Liu , Yi-Han Wang , Ye-Fei Yuan

The evolution of triples has not attracted much attention in the literature, although their evolution can be dramatically different from binaries and single stars. Triples are quite common, and we find that for about 1% of the triples in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Nathan de Vries , Simon Portegies Zwart , Joana Figueira

Hierarchical triple systems are common among field stars yet their long-term evolution is poorly understood theoretically. In such systems Kozai cycles can be induced in the inner binary system during which the inner orbit eccentricity and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Adrian S. Hamers , Onno R. Pols , Joke S. W. Claeys , Gijs Nelemans

In binary star systems, mass transfer can spin up the accretor, possibly leading to efficient chemical mixing and chemically quasi-homogeneous evolution (CHE). Here, we explore the effects of accretion-induced CHE on both stellar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-26 Marco Dall'Amico , Michela Mapelli , Giuliano Iorio , Guglielmo Costa , Stéphane Charlot , Erika Korb , Cecilia Sgalletta , Marie Lecroq

About 5-15% of stellar systems are at least triple. About 1% of systems with a primary of $\tgs 1 \Mscun$ are triple with a {\it longer} peri od that is less than 30y, and so may in principle be capable of Roche-lobe overflow in both the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. P. Eggleton , L. G. Kiseleva

Rotation can have severe consequences for the evolution of massive stars. It is now considered as one of the main parameters, alongside mass and metallicity that determine the final fate of single stars. In massive, fast rotating stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 S. E. de Mink , M. Cantiello , N. Langer , O. R. Pols

Field stars are frequently formed in pairs, and many of these binaries are part of triples or even higher-order systems. Even though, the principles of single stellar evolution and binary evolution, have been accepted for a long time, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-20 S. Toonen , A. Hamers , S. Portegies Zwart

Triple stellar systems, consisting of three gravitationally bound stars, play a fundamental role in a wide array of astrophysical processes, from stellar evolution to the formation of exotic objects and gravitational wave sources. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-26 Hagai B. Perets

More than half of all main-sequence (MS) stars have one or more companions, and many of those with initial masses <8 M$_\odot$ are born in hierarchical triples. These systems feature two stars in a close orbit (the inner binary) while a…

In this paper, we consider triple systems composed of main-sequence (MS) stars, and their internal evolution due to stellar and binary evolution. Our focus is on triples that produce white dwarfs (WDs), where Roche lobe overflow of an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-24 N. W. C. Leigh , S. Toonen , S. F. Portegies Zwart , R. Perna

We explore chemically homogeneous evolution (CHE) as a formation channel for massive merging binary black holes (BBHs). We develop methods to include CHE in a rapid binary population synthesis code, Compact Object Mergers: Population…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Jeff Riley , Ilya Mandel , Pablo Marchant , Ellen Butler , Kaila Nathaniel , Coenraad Neijssel , Spencer Shortt , Alejandro Vigna-Gomez

Stellar triples with massive stellar components are common, and can lead to sequential binary black-hole mergers. Here, we outline the evolution towards these sequential mergers, and explore these events in the context of gravitational-wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 Alejandro Vigna-Gómez , Silvia Toonen , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Nathan W. C. Leigh , Jeff Riley , Carl-Johan Haster

A binary star orbited by an outer companion constitutes a hierarchical triple system. The outer body may excite the eccentricity of the inner binary through the von~Zeipel-Lidov-Kozai (ZLK) mechanism, triggering the gravitational wave (GW)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-09 Alessandro Alberto Trani , Sara Rastello , Ugo N. Di Carlo , Filippo Santoliquido , Ataru Tanikawa , Michela Mapelli

Triple stellar systems allow us to study stellar processes that cannot be attained in binary stars. The evolutionary phases in which the stellar members undergo mass exchanges can alter the hierarchical layout of these systems. Yet, the…

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