Accretion is the process that dictates the mass, and therefore final fate, of a forming star. Now, it seems that the number of stars forming in a system can affect and even induce accretion throughout the star-formation process.
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Frost, A.J. Companion-induced accretion in protobinaries. Nat Astron 6, 633–634 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01692-1
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