Kavli Affiliate: Saul A. Rappaport | First 5 Authors: Tajan H. de Amorim, Tajan H. de Amorim, , , | Summary: With its two stellar eclipses and two disk attenuations per binary orbit, V658 Carinae stands out as the first clear eclipsing Be + sdOB system. This rare alignment offers a unique opportunity to probe […]
Kavli Affiliate: Jean-Laurent Casanova | Authors: Adam Krebs, Tomi Lazarov, Anthony Reynolds, Kimberly Anne Dill-McFarland, Abigail Xie, James Bean, Muxue Du, Olivier Levy, John Buglino, Aaron Zhong, Anna-Lena Neehus, Stephenie Boisson-Dupuis, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Elouise Elizabeth Kroon, Marlo Moller, Thomas R. Hawn, Ting Zhou, Lydia Finley, Marc-Antoine Jean Juste, Dan Fitzgerald, Frederic Geissmann and Michael S […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lars Bildsten | First 5 Authors: Gabriel Kumar, Gabriel Kumar, , , | Summary: Supernovae in binary star systems involve a hydrodynamical interaction between the ejecta and a binary companion. This collision results in shock heating and a modified density structure for the ejecta, both of which affect the light curve. As highlighted […]