Binary systems and stellar mergers in massive star formation

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2005-06-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506689v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.362:915-920,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 4 figures. MNRAS, in press

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09360.x

We present a model for the formation of high-mass close binary systems in the context of forming massive stars through gas accretion in the centres of stellar clusters. A low-mass wide binary evolves under mass accretion towards a high-mass close binary, attaining system masses of order 30-50 solar masses at separations of order 1 AU. The resulting high frequency of binary systems with two massive components is in agreement with observations. These systems are typically highly eccentric and may evolve to have periastron separations less than their stellar radii. Mergers of these binary systems are therefore likely and can lead to the formation of the most massive stars, circumventing the problem of radiation pressure stopping the accretion. The stellar density required to induce binary mergers is one million stars per cubic parsec, or approximately one percent that required for direct stellar collisions.

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