S Doradus variables in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds

AM Van Genderen - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2001 - aanda.org
The goal in writing this paper is five fold:(1) to summarize the scientific achievements in the
20th century on S Dor variables (or LBVs);(2) to present an inventory of these variables in …

Luminous blue variable eruptions and related transients: diversity of progenitors and outburst properties

N Smith, W Li, JM Silverman… - Monthly Notices of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We present new light curves and optical spectra for a number of extragalactic optical
transients or 'supernova impostors' related to giant eruptions of luminous blue variables …

Eta Carinae: a long period binary?

A Damineli, PS Conti, DF Lopes - New Astronomy, 1997 - Elsevier
We present new observations of η Carinae, strongly suggesting that it is a binary system.
High dispersion measurements of the broad Paγ emission line show periodic radial velocity …

Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium–I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events

A Pastorello, S Mattila, L Zampieri… - Monthly Notices of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
We present new spectroscopic and photometric data of the Type Ibn supernovae 2006jc,
2000er and 2002ao. We discuss the general properties of this recently proposed supernova …

Dust formation and He II λ4686 emission in the dense shell of the Peculiar Type Ib Supernova 2006jc

N Smith, RJ Foley, AV Filippenko - The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present evidence for the formation of dust grains in an unusual Type Ib supernova (SN)
based on late-time spectra of SN 2006jc. The progenitor suffered an outburst qualitatively …

Spitzer SAGE-SMC infrared photometry of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud

AZ Bonanos, DJ Lennon, F Köhlinger… - The Astronomical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a catalog of 5324 massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), with
accurate spectral types compiled from the literature, and a photometric catalog for a subset …

The progenitor masses of Wolf-Rayet stars and luminous blue variables determined from cluster turnoffs. II. Results from 12 Galactic clusters and OB associations

P Massey, K DeGioia-Eastwood… - The Astronomical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
In a previous paper on the Magellanic Clouds, we demonstrated that coeval clusters provide
a powerful tool for probing the progenitor masses of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars and luminous …

Reduced Wolf-Rayet line luminosities at low metallicity

PA Crowther, LJ Hadfield - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2006 - aanda.org
New NTT/EMMI spectrophotometry of single WN2–5 stars in the Small and Large Magellanic
Clouds are presented, from which He ii λ4686 line luminosities have been derived, and …

[HTML][HTML] Infrared Spectra of Massive Stars in Transition: WNL, Of, Of/WN, Be, B [e], and Luminous Blue Variable Stars

PW Morris, PRJ Eenens, MM Hanson… - … Journal v. 470, p …, 1996 - adsabs.harvard.edu
Infrared Spectra of Massive Stars in Transition: WNL, Of, Of/WN, Be, B[e], and L ADS Classic is
now deprecated. It will be completely retired in October 2019. This page will automatically …

The Progenitor Masses of Wolf-Rayet Stars and Luminous Blue Variables Determined from Cluster Turnoffs. I. Results from 19 OB Associations in the Magellanic …

P Massey, E Waterhouse… - The Astronomical …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We combine new CCD UBV photometry and spectroscopy with those from the literature to
investigate 19 Magellanic Cloud OB associations that contain Wolf-Rayet (WR) and other …