Forming short-period Wolf–Rayet X-ray binaries and double black holes through stable mass transfer
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1430
Abstract: We show that black hole high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) with O- orB-type donor stars and relatively short orbital periods, of order oneweek to several months may survive spiral-in, to then form Wolf-Rayet(WR) X-ray binaries with… read more here.
Keywords: double black; black holes; mass; orbital periods ... See more keywords