Very massive binaries in R 136

Autores
Chené, André-Nicolas; Schnurr, O.; Crowther, Paul A.; Fernández Lajús, Eduardo Eusebio; Moffat, Anthony F. J.
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
As recent observations have shown, luminous, hydrogen-rich WN5-7h stars (and their somewhat less extreme cousins, O3f/WN6 stars) are the most massive main-sequence stars known. However, not nearly enough very massive stars have been reliably weighed to yield a clear picture of the upper initial-mass function (IMF). We therefore have carried out repeated high-quality spectroscopy of four new O3f/WN6 and WN5-7h binaries in R136 in the LMC with GMOS at Gemini-South, to derive Keplerian orbits for both components, respectively, and thus to directly determine their masses. We also monitored binary candidates and other, previously unsurveyed stars, to increase the number of very massive stars that can be directly weighed.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
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Astronomía
stars: fundamental parameters (masses)
stars: Wolf-Rayet
(stars:) binaries: eclipsing
(stars:) binaries: spectroscopic
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Very massive binaries in R 136
title Very massive binaries in R 136
spellingShingle Very massive binaries in R 136
Chené, André-Nicolas
Astronomía
stars: fundamental parameters (masses)
stars: Wolf-Rayet
(stars:) binaries: eclipsing
(stars:) binaries: spectroscopic
title_short Very massive binaries in R 136
title_full Very massive binaries in R 136
title_fullStr Very massive binaries in R 136
title_full_unstemmed Very massive binaries in R 136
title_sort Very massive binaries in R 136
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Chené, André-Nicolas
Schnurr, O.
Crowther, Paul A.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo Eusebio
Moffat, Anthony F. J.
author Chené, André-Nicolas
author_facet Chené, André-Nicolas
Schnurr, O.
Crowther, Paul A.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo Eusebio
Moffat, Anthony F. J.
author_role author
author2 Schnurr, O.
Crowther, Paul A.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo Eusebio
Moffat, Anthony F. J.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Astronomía
stars: fundamental parameters (masses)
stars: Wolf-Rayet
(stars:) binaries: eclipsing
(stars:) binaries: spectroscopic
topic Astronomía
stars: fundamental parameters (masses)
stars: Wolf-Rayet
(stars:) binaries: eclipsing
(stars:) binaries: spectroscopic
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv As recent observations have shown, luminous, hydrogen-rich WN5-7h stars (and their somewhat less extreme cousins, O3f/WN6 stars) are the most massive main-sequence stars known. However, not nearly enough very massive stars have been reliably weighed to yield a clear picture of the upper initial-mass function (IMF). We therefore have carried out repeated high-quality spectroscopy of four new O3f/WN6 and WN5-7h binaries in R136 in the LMC with GMOS at Gemini-South, to derive Keplerian orbits for both components, respectively, and thus to directly determine their masses. We also monitored binary candidates and other, previously unsurveyed stars, to increase the number of very massive stars that can be directly weighed.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
description As recent observations have shown, luminous, hydrogen-rich WN5-7h stars (and their somewhat less extreme cousins, O3f/WN6 stars) are the most massive main-sequence stars known. However, not nearly enough very massive stars have been reliably weighed to yield a clear picture of the upper initial-mass function (IMF). We therefore have carried out repeated high-quality spectroscopy of four new O3f/WN6 and WN5-7h binaries in R136 in the LMC with GMOS at Gemini-South, to derive Keplerian orbits for both components, respectively, and thus to directly determine their masses. We also monitored binary candidates and other, previously unsurveyed stars, to increase the number of very massive stars that can be directly weighed.
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