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Massive stars near the Eddington-limit, pulsations & mass-loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

G. Gräfener
G. Gräfener*
Affiliation:
Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DG, United Kingdom
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Very massive stars (in excess of ~ 100 M⊙) and massive stars in pre-SN phases at the end of their evolution are continuously approaching the Eddington limit. According to our theoretical predictions their high Eddington factors lead to a peculiar sub-photospheric structure and enhanced mass-loss. Their proximity to the Eddington limit is thus likely the reason why these objects appear as LBVs and WR stars. Here we discuss how our predictions relate to the characteristics of strange-mode pulsations, and how rotating massive stars at low metallicities can produce spectroscopic signatures that have recently been observed in a sample of star-forming galaxies at redshifts z ≈ 2 – 4.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Issue S307: New windows on massive stars: asteroseismology, interferometry, and spectropolarimetry , June 2014 , pp. 52 - 56
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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