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New neon-abundance results in Galactic WN and WC stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

John-David T. Smith
John-David T. Smith*
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

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The fast, dense winds which characterize Wolf-Rayet stars obscure their underlying cores, and complicate the verification of evolving core and nucleosynthesis models. A powerful technique for probing WR core evolution involves measuring abundances of wind-borne nuclear processed elements. Neon, in particular, undergoes a remarkable change in abundance during the later stages of a WR star's lifetime. By the end of the WC phase, it becomes the fourth most abundant element, after He, C and O (Maeder 1983).

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Part 1. Atmospheres of Massive Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 212: A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova , 2003 , pp. 234 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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