The Physical Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

P Hennebelle, MY Grudić - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2024‏ - annualreviews.org
Stars are among the most fundamental structures of our Universe. They comprise most of the
baryonic and luminous mass of galaxies; synthesize heavy elements; and inject mass …

New insights into the evolution of massive stars and their effects on our understanding of early galaxies

JJ Eldridge, ER Stanway - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
The observable characteristics and subsequent evolution of young stellar populations is
dominated by their massive stars. As our understanding of those massive stars and the …

The MOSDEF Survey: The Evolution of the Mass–Metallicity Relation from z= 0 to z∼ 3.3

RL Sanders, AE Shapley, T Jones… - The Astrophysical …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the evolution of galaxy gas-phase metallicity (O/H) over the range z= 0–3.3
using samples of∼ 300 galaxies at z∼ 2.3 and∼ 150 galaxies at z∼ 3.3 from the MOSDEF …

Has JWST already falsified dark-matter-driven galaxy formation?

M Haslbauer, P Kroupa, AH Zonoozi… - The Astrophysical …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered several luminous high-
redshift galaxy candidates with stellar masses of M*≳ 10 9 M⊙ at photometric redshifts z …

Impact of massive binary star and cosmic evolution on gravitational wave observations I: black hole–neutron star mergers

FS Broekgaarden, E Berger, CJ Neijssel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Mergers of black hole–neutron star (BHNS) binaries have now been observed by
gravitational wave (GW) detectors with the recent announcement of GW200105 and …

Progenitors of gravitational wave mergers: binary evolution with the stellar grid-based code ComBinE

MU Kruckow, TM Tauris, N Langer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
The first gravitational wave detections of mergers between black holes and neutron stars
represent a remarkable new regime of high-energy transient astrophysics. The signals …

ASTRAEUS-IX. Impact of an evolving stellar initial mass function on early galaxies and reionisation

ER Cueto, A Hutter, P Dayal, S Gottlöber… - Astronomy & …, 2024‏ - aanda.org
Context. Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an
abundance of bright z> 10 galaxy candidates, challenging the predictions of most theoretical …

The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS-III. The most massive stars and their clumped winds

SA Brands, A de Koter, JM Bestenlehner… - Astronomy & …, 2022‏ - aanda.org
Context. The star cluster R136 inside the Large Magellanic Cloud hosts a rich population of
massive stars, including the most massive stars known. The strong stellar winds of these …

The origin of spin in binary black holes-Predicting the distributions of the main observables of Advanced LIGO

SS Bavera, T Fragos, Y Qin, E Zapartas… - Astronomy & …, 2020‏ - aanda.org
Context. After years of scientific progress, the origin of stellar binary black holes is still a
great mystery. Several formation channels for merging black holes have been proposed in …

The impact of mass-transfer physics on the observable properties of field binary black hole populations

SS Bavera, T Fragos, M Zevin, CPL Berry… - Astronomy & …, 2021‏ - aanda.org
We study the impact of mass-transfer physics on the observable properties of binary black
hole populations that formed through isolated binary evolution. We used the POSYDON …