Project

The evolution of massive binary stars

Code
bof/baf/1y/2025/01/024
Duration
01 January 2025 → 31 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Gravitational radiation astrophysics
    • Stellar astrophysics
    • Time-domain astrophysics
Keywords
astrophysics stellar evolution gravitational waves
 
Project description

Massive stars play a major role in the evolution of their host galaxies and serve as important probes of the distant Universe. It has been established that the majority of massive stars reside in close binaries and interact with their companion stars during their lifetimes. Such interactions drastically alter their life cycles and complicate our understanding of their evolution, but are also responsible for the production of interesting and exotic interaction products. Within my research group we aim to push forward the theory of massive star evolution through large scale simulations of stellar evolution, providing connections to both electromagnetic and gravitational wave observations.