Simulation Study of Some Characteristics of Single and Binary Stars Using MAdSTAR, MESA, and NAAP Astronomical Tools
摘要
The cosmos is humungous, ever-growing, and continuously expanding. It houses all celestial and unknown objects full of mystery. It includes planets like earth hosting life, the asteroids, and meteors, to the energy source of the infinite universe the stars and the phenomenon who has not been able to be captured clearly by man and is still a mystery, the black holes, and the list goes on and on. From time unknown, mankind has been fascinated by cosmos and its endless possibilities. Stars are a gigantic sphere of gases burning to produce and emit light. These burning balls are one of the most common celestial objects in space, and they travel around the galaxy, being massive they have strong gravitational pull; therefore, it might happen that a massive star captures another passing star, and it may create a new binary pair. It is to be noted that when one looks at the night sky many points are twinkling intense bright light, which in fact might be that the single twinkling point are two stars orbiting one another. In this research paper, stellar evolution of single stars (with 10 and 40 solar masses) and eclipsing binary stars using astronomical simulation tools like MAdStar, MESA, and NAAP to get more insight into has been discussed.