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Evolutionary channels of massive triples that experience a stellar merger with their respective incidences. The system initially forms as a stable hierarchical triple and undergoes a stellar merger within the inner binary as a result of mass transfer. The subsequent evolution of the post-merger binary proceeds along one of three possible channels, depending on the system’s properties at the time of merger. Mass transfer is abbreviated as MT.

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