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The Stellar Population of R136

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Deidre A. Hunter
Deidre A. Hunter*
Affiliation:
Lowell Obs., 1400 West Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 USA

Abstract

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The luminous, compact star cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud is 300 times more spatially concentrated than a typical OB association and contains at least 39 O3 stars, the most massive of which is ~150 M⊙. Yet, the stellar IMF for 2.8–120 M⊙ is normal. The massive stars are 1–2 Myrs old, and Wolf-Rayet stars are not evolved.

Type
Part 3. Massive Stars and 30 Doradus
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 217 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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