Massive stars have strong stellar winds that direct their evolution through the upper
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram and determine the black hole mass function. Furthermore …

We review our current understanding of the progenitors of both long and short duration
gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Constraints can be derived from multiple directions, and we use …

The Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis suite of binary stellar evolution models and
synthetic stellar populations provides a framework for the physically motivated analysis of …

Context. Reliable predictions of mass-loss rates are important for massive-star evolution
computations. Aims. We aim to provide predictions for mass-loss rates and wind-momentum …

Astrophysicists are increasingly taking into account the effects of orbiting companions on
stellar evolution. New discoveries have underlined the role of binary star interactions in a …

Stars stripped of their hydrogen-rich envelope through interaction with a binary companion
are generally not considered when accounting for ionizing radiation from stellar populations …

Context. Massive binaries hosting a black hole (OB+ BH) represent a critical phase in the
production of BH mergers in the context of binary evolution. In spite of this, such systems …

Context. The life cycles of massive stars from the main sequence to their explosion as
supernovae or gamma ray bursts are not yet fully clear, and the empirical results from …

Abstract Massive stars (∼ 8–25 M⊙) stripped of their hydrogen-rich envelopes via binary
interaction are thought to be the main progenitors for merging neutron stars and stripped …

Context. The evolution of massive stars is strongly influenced by internal mixing processes
such as semiconvection, convective core overshooting, and rotationally induced mixing …