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Stellar Separation Shapes Spin–Orbit Alignment in Visual Binaries

  • Authors: Michael Poon, Dang Pham, Marta L. Bryan, Hanno Rein, Jiayin Dong

Michael Poon et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1002 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 5.

The Bayes factor (BFpiecewise, single pop.) comparing the piecewise and single population models. The evidence for the piecewise is evaluated as a function of semimajor axis cutoff (acutoff), where vertical dotted lines represent the semimajor axis of each stellar binary. Horizontal dashed lines represent the Bayes factor interpretation by H. Jeffreys (1939). A Bayes factor greater than 1 favors the piecewise model and vice versa. The region with the highest evidence supporting the piecewise model is ∼31–38 au (strong evidence with Bayes factor of 12).

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