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Observations of low mass companions to massive stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

H. Zinnecker*
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
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Massive stars are known to be multiple systems, often in tight, short-period OB stars binaries (SB1 and SB2, found by spectroscopic monitoring). However, little is known about low-mass companions to massive stars, such as A, F, and G stars with masses in the range of 1 to 3 solar masses. Yet systems of massive stars with wide low-mass companions (of the order of a few AU) must exist, for these are the progenitors of LMXB and HMXB (low-mass and high-mass X-ray binaries).

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