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Thorne-\.Zytkow Objects (T\.ZOs) are hypothetical hybrid stars with a neutron star at the core of a large, diffuse envelope. (T\.ZOs) may be formed when a newly formed neutron star that is kicked by its supernova collides with its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-21 Lauryn E. Williams , Philip Chang , Emily M. Levesque , Thomas R. Quinn

We propose that massive Thorne-Zytkow objects can explode. A Thorne-Zytkow object is a theoretically predicted star that has a neutron core. When nuclear reactions supporting a massive Thorne-Zytkow object terminate, a strong accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-12 Takashi J. Moriya

Thorne-Zytkow objects are stars that have a neutron star core with an extended hydrogen-rich envelope. Massive Thorne-Zytkow objects are proposed to explode when the nuclear reactions sustaining their structure are terminated by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-21 Takashi J. Moriya , Sergei I. Blinnikov

Interacting binary star systems play a critical role in many areas of astrophysics. One interesting example of a binary merger product are Thorne-\.Zytkow Objects (T\.ZOs), stars that look like red supergiants but contain neutron stars at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-12 Anna J. G. O'Grady , Takashi J. Moriya , Mathieu Renzo , Alejandro Vigna-Gómez

The mirror twin Higgs model is a candidate for (strongly-interacting) complex dark matter, which mirrors SM interactions with heavier quark masses. A consequence of this model are mirror neutron stars -- exotic stars made entirely of mirror…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-05 Maurício Hippert , Emily Dillingham , Hung Tan , David Curtin , Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler , Nicolás Yunes

The oscillation of the neutron $n$ into mirror neutron $n'$, its partner from dark mirror sector, can gradually transform an ordinary neutron star into a mixed star consisting in part of mirror dark matter. The implications of the reverse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-22 Zurab Berezhiani

Thorne-\.Zytkow objects (T\.ZOs) are a class of stellar object comprised of a neutron star core surrounded by a large and diffuse envelope. Their exterior appearance is identical to red supergiants; the distinctive electromagnetic signature…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 Lindsay DeMarchi , J. R. Sanders , Emily M. Levesque

Thorne-\.Zytkow Objects (T\.ZOs) have been predicted to form when a neutron star is engulfed by a diffuse, convective giant envelope. Accretion onto a neutron star at a rate that is larger than $10^{-4}\, M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$ is expected to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-04 Pablo Martínez-Miravé , Irene Tamborra , Alejandro Vigna-Gómez

Thorne-\.{Z}ytkow objects (T\.{Z}Os), hypothetical merger products in which a neutron star is embedded in a stellar core, are traditionally considered steady-state configurations. Their assembly, especially through dynamical channels, is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-19 Rosa Wallace Everson , Tenley Hutchinson-Smith , Alejandro Vigna-Gómez , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

The oscillation of neutrons $n$ into mirror neutrons $n'$, their mass degenerate partners from dark mirror sector, can have interesting implications for neutron stars: an ordinary neutron star could gradually transform into a mixed star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-08 Zurab Berezhiani , Riccardo Biondi , Massimo Mannarelli , Francesco Tonelli

Neutron stars offer powerful astrophysical laboratories to probe the properties of dark matter. Gradual accumulation of heavy, non-annihilating dark matter in neutron stars can lead to the formation of comparable-mass black holes, and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-23 Anupam Ray

The evolution of neutron stars (NSs) embedded within massive stellar envelopes is a critical phase in binary stellar evolution, potentially leading to the formation of Thorne-\.Zytkow Objects (T\.ZOs) or catastrophic collapse. We present…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-28 Patrick Chi-Kit Cheong , David Radice , Christopher L. Fryer

We inspect the possibility that neutron star interiors are a mixture of ordinary matter and mirror dark matter. This is a scenario that can be naturally envisaged according to well studied accretion mechanisms, including the Bondi-Hoyle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-06 Raul Ciancarella , Francesco Pannarale , Andrea Addazi , Antonino Marciano

If dark matter is made of mirror baryons, they are present in all gravitationally bound structures. Here we investigate some effects of mirror dark matter on neutron stars and discuss possible observational consequences. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-16 Fredrik Sandin , Paolo Ciarcelluti

Calculation of gravitational radiation during binary inspiral leading to possible formation of a Thorne-Zytkow (TZ) object (a neutron star inside a supergiant core) is performed. The calculations were done for polytropic density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 S. N. Nazin , K. A. Postnov

Context. Common envelope evolution of a massive star and a neutron star companion has two possible outcomes: formation of a short-period binary (a potential gravitational wave source progenitor) or a merger of the massive star with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 K. Nathaniel , A. Vigna-Gómez , A. Grichener , R. Farmer , M. Renzo , R. W. Everson

A neo-neutron star is a hot neutron star that has just become transparent to neutrinos. In a core collapse supernova or accretion induced collapse of a white dwarf the neo-neutron star phase directly follows the proto-neutron star phase,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-29 Mikhail V. Beznogov , Dany Page , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Recent observational results for the masses and radii of some neutron stars are in contrast with typical observations and theoretical predictions for "normal" neutron stars. We propose that their unusual properties can be interpreted as the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-27 Paolo Ciarcelluti , Fredrik Sandin

We perform 3D hydrodynamical simulations of new-born neutron stars (NSs) colliding with main-sequence binary companions after supernova explosions. Based on those hydrodynamical models, we construct a semi-analytical formula that describes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Ryosuke Hirai , Philipp Podsiadlowski

Most neutron stars (NSs) and black holes (BHs) are believed to be the final remnants in the evolution of massive stars. In this study, we propose a new formation channel for the formation of BHs and peculiar NSs (specifically, magnetars and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-01 Iminhaji Ablimit , Philipp Podsiadlowski , Ryosuke Hirai , James Wicker
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