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Multiplicity of Very Massive Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

M. Heydari-Malayeri
M. Heydari-Malayeri*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory La Silla, Chile

Abstract

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Are there very massive stars (VMSs) of mass greater than 100 M⊙? This question constitutes one of the fundamental problems of astrophysics. We present observational evidence against the existence of such stars in the Magellanic Clouds. The multiplicity of VMSs has several important consequences for astrophysics. If VMSs do not exist we need to revise our ideas about the formation and evolution of stars.

Type
Session VIII. Inventory and Distribution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 143: Wolf–Rayet Stars and Interrelations with other Massive Stars in Galaxies , 1991 , pp. 645 - 646
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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