Physical properties of Wolf-Rayet stars

PA Crowther - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 2007 - annualreviews.org
The striking broad emission line spectroscopic appearance of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars has
long defied analysis, owing to the extreme physical conditions within their line-and …

Mass loss from hot massive stars

J Puls, JS Vink, F Najarro - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2008 - Springer
Mass loss is a key process in the evolution of massive stars, and must be understood
quantitatively if it is to be successfully included in broader astrophysical applications such as …

Chandra X-ray spectroscopic imaging of Sagittarius A* and the central parsec of the galaxy

FK Baganoff, Y Maeda, M Morris… - The Astrophysical …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of the first-epoch observation with the ACIS-I instrument on the
Chandra X-Ray Observatory of Sagittarius A*(Sgr A*), the compact radio source associated …

Colliding winds from early-type stars in binary systems

IR Stevens, JM Blondin… - … , vol. 386, Feb. 10, 1992, p …, 1992 - adsabs.harvard.edu
The dynamics of the wind and shock structure formed by the wind collision in early-type
binary systems is examined by means of a 2D hydrodynamics code, which self-consistently …

The VIIth catalogue of galactic Wolf–Rayet stars

KA Van Der Hucht - New Astronomy Reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
The VIIth catalogue of galactic PopulationI Wolf–Rayet stars provides improved coordinates,
spectral types and bv photometry of known WR stars and adds 71 new WR stars to the …

Stellar radio astronomy: probing stellar atmospheres from protostars to giants

M Güdel - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Radio astronomy has provided evidence for the presence of ionized atmospheres
around almost all classes of nondegenerate stars. Magnetically confined coronae dominate …

A Galactic O star catalog

J Maíz-Apellániz, NR Walborn… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
We have produced a catalog of 378 Galactic O stars with accurate spectral classifications
that is complete for V< 8 but includes many fainter stars. The catalog provides cross …

Wind inhomogeneities in Wolf-Rayet stars. II. Investigation of emission-line profile variations

S Lépine, AFJ Moffat - The Astrophysical Journal, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
We present high-resolution spectroscopic monitoring of the line-profile variations (LPVs) in
the He II λ 5411 emission line of four Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars of the WN sequence (HD 96548 …

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 …

Spatial distribution of Galactic Wolf–Rayet stars and implications for the global population

CK Rosslowe, PA Crowther - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We construct revised near-infrared absolute magnitude calibrations for 126 Galactic Wolf–
Rayet (WR) stars at known distances, based in part upon recent large-scale spectroscopic …