Once a Triple, Not Always a Triple: The Evolution of Hierarchical Triples That Yield Merged Inner Binaries

Cheyanne Shariat; Smadar Naoz; Kareem El-Badry; Antonio C. Rodriguez; Bradley M. S. Hansen; Isabel Angelo; Alexander P. Stephan

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad944a

The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)

Once a Triple, Not Always a Triple: The Evolution of Hierarchical Triples That Yield Merged Inner Binaries

Cheyanne Shariat,
Smadar Naoz,
Kareem El-Badry,
Antonio C. Rodriguez,
Bradley M. S. Hansen,
Isabel Angelo,
Alexander P. Stephan

Affiliations

Cheyanne Shariat: ORCiD; Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA ; [email protected]; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Smadar Naoz: ORCiD; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California , Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Kareem El-Badry: ORCiD; Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA ; [email protected]
Antonio C. Rodriguez: ORCiD; Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA ; [email protected]
Bradley M. S. Hansen: ORCiD; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California , Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Isabel Angelo: ORCiD; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Alexander P. Stephan: ORCiD; Department of Physics and Astronomy Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN 37235, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad944a
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 978, no. 1
p. 47

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More than half of all main-sequence (MS) stars have one or more companions, and many of those with initial masses 10 yr) companions. Furthermore, both BSS binaries and DWDs exhibit signatures of WD birth kicks.

Published in The Astrophysical Journal

ISSN: 1538-4357 (Online)
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy: Astrophysics
Website: https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0004-637X

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