scholarly journals Capture-Induced Binarity of Massive Stars in Young Dense Clusters

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S246) ◽  
pp. 69-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Pfalzner ◽  
Ch. Olczak
Keyword(s):  
Binary Systems ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Stellar Dynamics ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Lower Mass ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Multiple Systems ◽  
Transient Nature ◽  
Binary Formation ◽  
Low Mass

AbstractObservations show that for massive stars the binary frequency seems to be higher than for lower mass stars in young dense clusters. This suggests that in clusters like the ONC different mechanisms are at work in the formation of high-mass binary or multiple systems than for low-mass stars. We investigate the stellar dynamics in young dense clusters to determine the role of capture in binary formation in high-mass stars. It turns out that in contrast to lower mass stars capture is a frequent process for massive stars. However, this does not necessarily lead to long lasting binary systems but is often of transient nature. Nevertheless, capture processes could account for 15-25% of the observed ‘binaries’ of the OB-stars (75%) in Orion.

scholarly journals Multiplicity of Massive Stars

2001 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 69-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Preibisch ◽  
Gerd Weigelt ◽  
Hans Zinnecker
Keyword(s):  
Massive Star ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Speckle Interferometry ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Orion Nebula ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Primary Star ◽  
Multiple Systems ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
The Mean

We discuss the observed multiplicity of massive stars and implications on theories of massive star formation. After a short summary of the literature on massive star multiplicity, we focus on the O-and B-type stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster, which constitute a homogenous sample of very young massive stars. 13 of these stars have recently been the targets of a bispectrum speckle interferometry survey for companions. Considering the visual and also the known spectroscopic companions of these stars, the total number of companions is at least 14. Extrapolation with correction for the unresolved systems suggests that there are at least 1.5 and perhaps as much as 4 companions per primary star on average. This number is clearly higher than the mean number of ∼ 0.5 companions per primary star found for the low-mass stars in the general field population and also in the Orion Nebula cluster. This suggests that a different mechanism is at work in the formation of high-mass multiple systems in the dense Orion Nebula cluster than for low-mass stars.

scholarly journals What Causes the Low Binary Frequency in the Orion Nebula Cluster?

2004 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 104-108
Author(s):  
R. Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Formation Rate ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Cluster Center ◽  
Orion Nebula ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Cluster Radius ◽  
Companion Star ◽  
Binary Formation ◽  
Low Mass

AbstractWe report on the results of a binary survey in the outer parts of the Orion Nebula Cluster, 0.7 to 2 pc from the cluster center. The results should help to decide if the binary formation rate was lower in Orion than in Taurus-Auriga, or if many binaries formed initially, but were destroyed in close stellar encounters. We find that the binary frequency of low-mass stars does not depend on the distance to the cluster center. The companion star frequency of intermediate- to high-mass stars shows a trend to decrease with cluster radius, but the statistical significance of this trend is rather weak.

scholarly journals Observations of low mass companions to massive stars

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (H15) ◽  
pp. 760-760
Author(s):  
H. Zinnecker
Keyword(s):  
Massive Stars ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Multiple Systems ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ob Stars ◽  
Spectroscopic Monitoring ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

Massive stars are known to be multiple systems, often in tight, short-period OB stars binaries (SB1 and SB2, found by spectroscopic monitoring). However, little is known about low-mass companions to massive stars, such as A, F, and G stars with masses in the range of 1 to 3 solar masses. Yet systems of massive stars with wide low-mass companions (of the order of a few AU) must exist, for these are the progenitors of LMXB and HMXB (low-mass and high-mass X-ray binaries).

scholarly journals The Circumstellar Environment of Embedded Massive Stars

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 143-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee G. Mundy ◽  
Friedrich Wyrowski ◽  
Sarah Watt
Keyword(s):  
Massive Star ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Submillimeter Wavelength ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Circumstellar Environments ◽  
Near Future

Millimeter and submillimeter wavelength images of massive star-forming regions are uncovering the natal material distribution and revealing the complexities of their circumstellar environments on size scales from parsecs to 100’s of AU. Progress in these areas has been slower than for low-mass stars because massive stars are more distant, and because they are gregarious siblings with different evolutionary stages that can co-exist even within a core. Nevertheless, observational goals for the near future include the characterization of an early evolutionary sequence for massive stars, determination if the accretion process and formation sequence for massive stars is similar to that of low-mass stars, and understanding of the role of triggering events in massive star formation.

scholarly journals Evidence of Collective Formation of Low Mass Stars in the Dark Cloud Kh141

1987 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 64-66
Author(s):  
Yoshio Tomita ◽  
Hiroshi Ohtani
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
T Tauri Stars ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Dark Cloud ◽  
T Tauri ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Cloud Complex

To find evidence for collective star formation without massive stars in the dark cloud complex Kh141 (Saito 1980), a search for T-Tauri stars has been made.

scholarly journals Core-hydrogen-burning RSGs in the early globular clusters

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (A29B) ◽  
pp. 473-473
Author(s):  
Dorottya Szécsi ◽  
Jonathan Mackey ◽  
Norbert Langer
Keyword(s):  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Shell Formation ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Hydrogen Burning ◽  
The Core ◽  
Anomalous Surface ◽  
Low Metallicity ◽  
Low Mass

AbstractThe first stellar generation in galactic globular clusters contained massive low-metallicity stars (Charbonnel et al. 2014). We modelled the evolution of this massive stellar population and found that such stars with masses 100-600 M⊙ evolve into cool RSGs (Szécsi et al. 2015). These RSGs spend not only the core-He-burning phase but even the last few 105 years of the core-H-burning phase on the SG branch. Due to the presence of hot massive stars in the cluster at the same time, we show that the RSG wind is trapped into photoionization confined shells (Mackey et al. 2014). We simulated the shell formation around such RSGs and find them to become gravitationally unstable (Szécsi et al. 2016). We propose a scenario in which these shells are responsible for the formation of the second generation low-mass stars in globular clusters with anomalous surface abundances.

scholarly journals Angular momentum transport in massive stars and natal neutron star rotation rates

2019 ◽  
Vol 488 (3) ◽  
pp. 4338-4355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linhao Ma ◽  
Jim Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Baroclinic Instability ◽  
Core Collapse ◽  
Slow Rotation ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Rotation Rates ◽  
Rotation Periods ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Binary Evolution

Abstract The internal rotational dynamics of massive stars are poorly understood. If angular momentum (AM) transport between the core and the envelope is inefficient, the large core AM upon core-collapse will produce rapidly rotating neutron stars (NSs). However, observations of low-mass stars suggest an efficient AM transport mechanism is at work, which could drastically reduce NS spin rates. Here, we study the effects of the baroclinic instability and the magnetic Tayler instability in differentially rotating radiative zones. Although the baroclinic instability may occur, the Tayler instability is likely to be more effective for AM transport. We implement Tayler torques as prescribed by Fuller, Piro, and Jermyn into models of massive stars, finding they remove the vast majority of the core’s AM as it contracts between the main-sequence and helium-burning phases of evolution. If core AM is conserved during core-collapse, we predict natal NS rotation periods of $P_{\rm NS} \approx 50\!-\!200 \, {\rm ms}$, suggesting these torques help explain the relatively slow rotation rates of most young NSs, and the rarity of rapidly rotating engine-driven supernovae. Stochastic spin-up via waves just before core-collapse, asymmetric explosions, and various binary evolution scenarios may increase the initial rotation rates of many NSs.

scholarly journals The B-Star Exoplanet Abundance Study: a co-moving 16–25 MJup companion to the young binary system HIP 79098

2019 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. A99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Janson ◽  
Ruben Asensio-Torres ◽  
Damien André ◽  
Mickaël Bonnefoy ◽  
Philippe Delorme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proper Motion ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Brown Dwarfs ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Spectroscopic Binary ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Substellar Companions ◽  
Dependent Mass

Wide low-mass substellar companions are known to be very rare among low-mass stars, but appear to become increasingly common with increasing stellar mass. However, B-type stars, which are the most massive stars within ~150 pc of the Sun, have not yet been examined to the same extent as AFGKM-type stars in that regard. In order to address this issue, we launched the ongoing B-star Exoplanet Abundance Study (BEAST) to examine the frequency and properties of planets, brown dwarfs, and disks around B-type stars in the Scorpius-Centaurus (Sco-Cen) association; we also analyzed archival data of B-type stars in Sco-Cen. During this process, we identified a candidate substellar companion to the B9-type spectroscopic binary HIP 79098 AB, which we refer to as HIP 79098 (AB)b. The candidate had been previously reported in the literature, but was classified as a background contaminant on the basis of its peculiar colors. Here we demonstrate that the colors of HIP 79098 (AB)b are consistent with several recently discovered young and low-mass brown dwarfs, including other companions to stars in Sco-Cen. Furthermore, we show unambiguous common proper motion over a 15-yr baseline, robustly identifying HIP 79098 (AB)b as a bona fide substellar circumbinary companion at a 345 ± 6 AU projected separation to the B9-type stellar pair. With a model-dependent mass of 16–25 MJup yielding a mass ratio of <1%, HIP 79098 (AB)b joins a growing number of substellar companions with planet-like mass ratios around massive stars. Our observations underline the importance of common proper motion analysis in the identification of physical companionship, and imply that additional companions could potentially remain hidden in the archives of purely photometric surveys.

scholarly journals Supergiants and their shells in young globular clusters

2018 ◽  
Vol 612 ◽  
pp. A55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorottya Szécsi ◽  
Jonathan Mackey ◽  
Norbert Langer
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Hydrogen Burning ◽  
Mass Budget ◽  
Low Metallicity ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Galactic Globular Clusters

Context. Anomalous surface abundances are observed in a fraction of the low-mass stars of Galactic globular clusters, that may originate from hot-hydrogen-burning products ejected by a previous generation of massive stars. Aims. We aim to present and investigate a scenario in which the second generation of polluted low-mass stars can form in shells around cool supergiant stars within a young globular cluster. Methods. Simulations of low-metallicity massive stars (Mi ~ 150−600 M⊙) show that both core-hydrogen-burning cool supergiants and hot ionizing stellar sources are expected to be present simulaneously in young globular clusters. Under these conditions, photoionization-confined shells form around the supergiants. We have simulated such a shell, investigated its stability and analysed its composition. Results. We find that the shell is gravitationally unstable on a timescale that is shorter than the lifetime of the supergiant, and the Bonnor-Ebert mass of the overdense regions is low enough to allow star formation. Since the low-mass stellar generation formed in this shell is made up of the material lost from the supergiant, its composition necessarily reflects the composition of the supergiant wind. We show that the wind contains hot-hydrogen-burning products, and that the shell-stars therefore have very similar abundance anomalies that are observed in the second generation stars of globular clusters. Considering the mass-budget required for the second generation star-formation, we offer two solutions. Either a top-heavy initial mass function is needed with an index of −1.71 to −2.07. Alternatively, we suggest the shell-stars to have a truncated mass distribution, and solve the mass budget problem by justifiably accounting for only a fraction of the first generation. Conclusions. Star-forming shells around cool supergiants could form the second generation of low-mass stars in Galactic globular clusters. Even without forming a photoionizaton-confined shell, the cool supergiant stars predicted at low-metallicity could contribute to the pollution of the interstellar medium of the cluster from which the second generation was born. Thus, the cool supergiant stars should be regarded as important contributors to the evolution of globular clusters.

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