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Mass-loss predictions and stellar masses of early-type stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Alex de Koter  and
Jorick S. Vink
Alex de Koter
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Instituut Anton Pannekoek, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Nederland
Jorick S. Vink
Affiliation:
Imperial College, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BZ, UK

Abstract

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We show that the stellar masses implied by our predictions of the wind properties of massive stars are in agreement with masses derived from evolution theory and from direct measurements using spectroscopic binaries, contrary to previous attempts to derive masses from wind theory.

Type
Part 1. Atmospheres of Massive Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 212: A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova , 2003 , pp. 164 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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