An interferometric study of B star multiplicity

Kurzfassung

Massive stars can have extreme effects on their environments from local to galactic scales. Their multiplicity can affect this influence by altering how they evolve over time by causing dynamical interactions, common-envelope evolution, mergers and more. While O star multiplicity has been studied over a broad separation range (to the point where absolute masses of these systems have been determined and investigations into multiple system formation and interactions have been performed), studies of B star multiplicity are lacking, even though they dominate the production of core-collapse supernovae and neutron stars.