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Revised stellar parameters of Wolf-Rayet stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Werner Schmutz
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Orsola De Marco
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Abstract

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We discuss the reliability of the stellar parameters derived from spectroscopic analyses with atmosphere models. We follow the revisions of the stellar parameters of a WN4b star through improvements of the model codes carried out in the last ten years. In order to judge the reliability of the current results we have started to analyze binaries for which the mass of the WR star is known and therefore its luminosity can be derived from the theoretical mass-luminosity relation. Along this line, we present preliminary results from work in progress on the binary γ2 Velorum.

Type
Part 2. Models for single star evolution of massive stars: wind + atmosphere + interior
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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