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  bibo_abstract:
  - Stripped stars are hot, helium-rich stars formed when binary interactions remove
    a star’s hydrogen envelope. While low-mass (≲1 M⊙) and high-mass (≳8 M⊙) stripped
    stars are well studied as hot subdwarfs and Wolf–Rayet stars, their intermediate-mass
    counterparts (1–8 M⊙) have only recently been discovered. The Stripped-Star Ultraviolet
    Magellanic Cloud Survey (SUMS) identified UV-excess sources (i.e., sources lying
    blueward of the main sequence) in the Magellanic Clouds using Swift-UVOT photometry
    and selected 820 photometric stripped-star candidates. However, the completeness
    and purity of this sample remain poorly understood. We forward model the population
    of stripped stars in the Magellanic Clouds using a binary population synthesis
    model combined with spatially resolved star formation histories and simulated
    UV photometry. To assess survey sensitivity, we inject simulated sources into
    real Swift-UVOT images and reproduce the SUMS selection process, including crowding,
    extinction, and photometric quality cuts. For the SMC and LMC, we respectively
    recover 31% and 15% of sources with intrinsic UV excess, and 11% and 7% of all
    stripped stars. The rest are missed due to dilution by luminous companions, crowding,
    high extinction, and limited survey coverage. The observed population is biased
    toward systems with low-mass companions formed by common envelope evolution and
    systems with compact object companions. We predict contamination of the observed
    stripped-star candidates by main-sequence stars with spurious UV excess due to
    crowding and provide guidelines for selecting higher-purity subsamples. Our population
    synthesis model matches the number and properties of observed stripped star candidates
    with masses of (2–5) M⊙ well. It underpredicts the number of lower- and higher-mass
    candidates, perhaps due to contamination.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Lisa
      foaf_name: Blomberg, Lisa
      foaf_surname: Blomberg
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Kareem
      foaf_name: El-Badry, Kareem
      foaf_surname: El-Badry
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Bethany
      foaf_name: Ludwig, Bethany
      foaf_surname: Ludwig
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Maria R.
      foaf_name: Drout, Maria R.
      foaf_surname: Drout
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Ylva Louise Linsdotter
      foaf_name: Götberg, Ylva Louise Linsdotter
      foaf_surname: Götberg
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=d0648d0c-0f64-11ee-a2e0-dd0faa2e4f7d
    orcid: 0000-0002-6960-6911
  bibo_doi: 10.1088/1538-3873/ae3a19
  bibo_issue: '2'
  bibo_volume: 138
  dct_date: 2026^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0004-6280
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1538-3873
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: IOP Publishing@
  dct_title: 'Intermediate-mass stripped stars in the Magellanic Clouds: Forward modeling
    the observed population discovered via UV excess@'
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