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Progress in model atmosphere studies of Wolf-Rayet stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Paul A. Crowther
Paul A. Crowther*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E6BT, UK

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Recent progress in the quantitative analysis of Wolf-Rayet stars is reviewed, emphasising the role played by choice of spectral diagnostics, clumping and line-blanketing on derived stellar properties. The ionizing properties of WR stars are discussed, based on clumped, line-blanketed models for WN and WC stars. The role of metallicity and mass-loss is assessed, and the role of H II regions as probes of predicted Lyman continuum distributions. Suggestions are made for differences in observed properties of WCE and WO subtypes.

Type
Part 2. Models for single star evolution of massive stars: wind + atmosphere + interior
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 116 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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