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Main Authors: Williams, Lauryn E., Chang, Philip, Levesque, Emily M., Quinn, Thomas R.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16129
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author Williams, Lauryn E.
Chang, Philip
Levesque, Emily M.
Quinn, Thomas R.
author_facet Williams, Lauryn E.
Chang, Philip
Levesque, Emily M.
Quinn, Thomas R.
contents Thorne-Żytkow Objects (TŻOs) are hypothetical hybrid stars with a neutron star at the core of a large, diffuse envelope. (TŻOs) may be formed when a newly formed neutron star that is kicked by its supernova collides with its main-sequence companion. Using a moving-mesh hydrodynamics solver integrated into the parallel-code Charm N-body GrAvity solver, we demonstrate that these ``impact scenario'' formation processes robustly form (TŻOs) for periastron distances less than one stellar radius. These (TŻOs) are dynamically stable and they can serve as initial models for further evolutionary studies.
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spellingShingle Neutron Star-Main Sequence Collisions Robustly Form Dynamically Stable Thorne-Żytkow Objects
Williams, Lauryn E.
Chang, Philip
Levesque, Emily M.
Quinn, Thomas R.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Thorne-Żytkow Objects (TŻOs) are hypothetical hybrid stars with a neutron star at the core of a large, diffuse envelope. (TŻOs) may be formed when a newly formed neutron star that is kicked by its supernova collides with its main-sequence companion. Using a moving-mesh hydrodynamics solver integrated into the parallel-code Charm N-body GrAvity solver, we demonstrate that these ``impact scenario'' formation processes robustly form (TŻOs) for periastron distances less than one stellar radius. These (TŻOs) are dynamically stable and they can serve as initial models for further evolutionary studies.
title Neutron Star-Main Sequence Collisions Robustly Form Dynamically Stable Thorne-Żytkow Objects
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16129