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Philosophy of classification for WN stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Lindsey F. Smith ,
Michael M. Shara  and
Anthony F.J. Moffat
Lindsey F. Smith
Affiliation:
1 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
Michael M. Shara
Affiliation:
2 Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Anthony F.J. Moffat
Affiliation:
3 Department de Physique, Université de Montreal, Canada

Abstract

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The unsatisfactory present state of the classification system for WN stars is summarised and the three dimensions of a new system are presented and justified.

Keywords

stars: Wolf-Rayetclassification
Type
Session I - Basic parameters, properties of single Wolf-Ray et stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 163: Wolf-Rayet Stars: Binaries, Colliding Winds, Evolution , 1995 , pp. 48 - 49
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

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