Luminous Blue Variable Eruptions Triggered and Powered by Binary Interaction

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Dec 2010

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BINARIES: In celebration of Ron Webbink's 65th Birthday. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1314, p

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Binary Stars, Stellar Mass, Brightness, Stellar Evolution, Multiple Stars, Masses, Luminosities, Magnitudes, Effective Temperatures, Colors, And Spectral Classification, Black Holes

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We suggest that major Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) eruptions are a result of a periastron passage interaction with the secondary star. The interaction must take place when the primary envelope is in an unstable phase. In our model the mass transferred to the secondary accounts for the energy and light curve of the eruption. We propose that all major LBV eruptions are triggered by stellar companions, and that in extreme cases a short duration event with a huge mass transfer rate can lead to a bright transient event on time scales of weeks to months (a `supernova impostor').

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