Binary systems and stellar mergers in massive star formation

@article{Bonnell2005BinarySA,
  title={Binary systems and stellar mergers in massive star formation},
  author={Ian A. Bonnell and Matthew R. Bate},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2005},
  volume={362},
  pages={915-920}
}
  • I. Bonnell, M. Bate
  • Published 28 June 2005
  • Physics, Geology
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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 the order of 30-50 M ○. at separations of the order of 1 au. The resulting high frequency of binary systems with two massive components is in agreement with observations. These systems are typically highly eccentric… 
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