The rotation of massive stars with and without compact companions

Authors
Prof.
Norbert Langer
Date and time
6 Jul 2021 - 12:30 Europe/London
Address

Online

Talk language
English
Slides language
English
Serie number
1
Description

Massive stars are generally fast rotators, however, with significant dispersion. We discuss the hypothesis that all OB stars are all born with very similar spins, with slower and faster rotators being produced by close binary evolution. We review supporting evidence from recent observations of young and rich star clusters, from OB star surveys, and from dense grids of detailed binary evolution models. We connect the OB star spins with the likelihood of evolved/compact binary companions, and with the variety of the explosive end states of massive stars.

 

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