Simulations find nested bow shocks around an engulfed neutron star enhance drag force 10-100 times over Bondi-Hoyle-Lyttleton and allow force reversal based on envelope conditions.
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Efficient mass transfer in binaries naturally limits the mass of the first-born black hole and produces a sharp drop above 45 solar masses that mimics the pair-instability gap.
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Numerical Studies of Accretion Flows onto a Neutron Star Engulfed in a Massive Star
Simulations find nested bow shocks around an engulfed neutron star enhance drag force 10-100 times over Bondi-Hoyle-Lyttleton and allow force reversal based on envelope conditions.
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Binary Evolution Can Mimic the Pair-Instability Mass Gap in Black Hole Mergers
Efficient mass transfer in binaries naturally limits the mass of the first-born black hole and produces a sharp drop above 45 solar masses that mimics the pair-instability gap.