Exploring stellar evolution with Luminous Red Novae and Interacting Gap Transients

arXiv:2609.00130 · astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-31 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-08-31

Updated: 2026-08-31

Comments: Submitted for review as Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 405 (Editors: Hanin Kuncarayakti, Tuomas Kangas, Melina Bersten)

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 17× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Elias — 11× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Luminous Blue Variable — 10× in this paper
• Adam — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Angular Momentum Loss — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• James Webb Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Microlensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Red novae, their progenitors, and remnants
• Dimming and pulsation shock of the coalesced star V838 Monocerotis
• Dust Formation in Common Envelope Binary Interactions -- III. Lightcurves
• Luminous Red Novae as shock-powered transients I: Electron-scattering wings and deviations from Case B
• Comparative Study of Two Luminous Red Novae I. Progenitor Modeling and Dust Formation

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