Formation and Evolution of Massive Stars Current Surveys

Authors
Publication date 2016
Host editors
  • I. Skillen
  • M. Balcells
  • S.C. Trager
Book title Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields. Proceedings of a conference held at Teatro Circo de Marte, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain on 2-6 March 2015
Book subtitle Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields
ISBN
  • 9781583818985
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781583818992
Series ASP Conference Series
Pages (from-to) 147-157
Publisher San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract The advent of multi-object spectrographs on 8-10 m class telescopes has provided the opportunity to perform detailed atmospheric analysis of samples of several hundreds of massive stars, prior studies being limited to several tens of objects at most. These analyses have highlighted some serious problems regarding our understanding of massive-star evolution. A central theme in the findings is the prominent role of multiplicity, with the majority of high-mass stars being in close binary systems of which the components will interact at some point in their lives.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/507-0147.html
Other links https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ASPC..507..147D/abstract
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