Evolution of Massive Stars

1. Massive Star Atmospheres and Stellar Winds

   1. Stellar Winds of Massive Stars in M31

      • Luciana Bianchi, John Hutchings

      Pages 183-186

   2. O-Star Winds in the Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way

      • S. M. Haser, J. Puls, R.-P. Kudritzki

      Pages 187-190

   3. On The Relation between the Mass Loss Rate and the Stellar Parameters of OB-Type Stars

      • K. Vyverman, W. Van Rensbergen, D. Vanbeveren

      Pages 191-192

   4. Wind Asymmetries in Massive Stars

      • R. E. Schulte-Ladbeck, G. C. Clayton, C. Leitherer, L. Drissen, C. Robert, A. Nota et al.

      Pages 193-198

   5. NLTE Analysis of Hot Binaries

      • K. P. Simon, E. Sturm

      Pages 199-202

   6. Effective Temperatures and Surface Gravities of Early Type Stars

      • C. Jordi, E. Masana, F. Figueras, J. Torra, R. Asiain

      Pages 203-206

   7. The Atmospheric Composition, Extinction and Luminosity of the LBV R71

      • D. J. Lennon, D. Wobig, R.-P Kudritzki, O. Stahl

      Pages 207-210

   8. The Variability of ETA Car: A Tool for the LBV Phenomenon

      • A. Damineli Neto, R. Viotti, A. Cassatella, G. B. Baratta

      Pages 211-214

   9. The Nature of the Luminous Blue Variable AG Carinae

      • R. Viotti, A. Cassatella, V. F. Polcaro, G. B. Baratta, A. Damineli Neto, C. Rossi et al.

      Pages 215-218

   10. The Evolutionary Status of ETA Car Based on Historical and Modern Optical and Infrared Photometry

       • A. M. Van Genderen, M. De Groot, P. S. The

       Pages 219-223

   11. The Gradual Acceleration of the outflow of VX-Sagittarii: A Stellar Evolutionary Effect?

       • Nathan Netzer

       Pages 225-230

   12. The Complex Hα Profile of the Hypergiant HR 8752 During 1970–1992

       • J. Smolinski, J. L. Climenhaga, Y. Huang, Sh. Jiang, M. Schmidt, O. Stahl

       Pages 231-236

   13. Spectral Analyses of Wolf-Rayet Stars: Theory, Results, Conclusions

       • Wolf-Rainer Hamann

       Pages 237-251

   14. Line Blanketed Non-LTE Atmosphere Models for Wolf-Rayet Stars

       • Werner Schmutz

       Pages 253-261

   15. The Fundamental Parameters of the Central Stars of Eight WR Ring Nebulae

       • Linda J. Smith, Cesar Esteban

       Pages 263-270

   16. Tailored Analyses of 24 Galactic WN Stars

       • Paul A. Crowther, Linda J. Smith, D. John Hillier

       Pages 271-275

   17. Oxygen and Carbon Abundances for the WO Stars

       • Robin L. Kingsburgh, M. J. Barlow, P. J. Storey

       Pages 277-280

   18. HD 190918: Arbiter Between Models for Wolf-Rayet Stars

       • Anne B. Underhill, Grant M. Hill

       Pages 281-284

2. Structure and Evolution of Massive Stars

   1. Mixing Processes and Stellar Evolution

      • J.-P. Zahn

      Pages 285-297

   2. Overshooting from Convective Cores:Theory and Numerical Simulation

      • Ian W. Roxburgh

      Pages 299-308

Massive stars occupy an exceptional place in general astrophysics. They trigger many if not all of the important processes in galactic evolution whereas due to their intrinsic brightness, they offer the (only until now) possibility to study the stellar content and stellar behaviour in distant galaxies. The last, say, 25 years, massive stars have been the subject of numerous meetings discussing the influence of massive stars on population synthesis, the number distribution of different types of massive stars, the LBV phenomenon, WR stars, X-ray binaries, stellar winds in massive stars, chemical pecularities in massive stars, supernova explosions of massive stars and the important SN1987A event, the influence of massive stars and chemical evolution of galaxies. It is clear that without a theory of stellar evolution, the study of these topics loses a lot of its significance. Massive star evolution therefore got a chance in these meetings, but rarely as a prime subject. The state of the art, the physical processes and the uncertainties in stellar evolution were barely touched. Even more, the influence of close binaries in all these massive star meetings slowly disappeared the last, say, 13 years without any scientific justification, although a significant fraction of stars occurs in close binaries with periods small enough so that both components will interact during their evolution. Denying the binaries or not discussing their influence on results and conclusions, makes the latter very uncertain or even completely unreliable.

• Galaxy
• Population
• Supernova
• astrophysics
• galaxies
• milky way
• photometry
• spectroscopy
• star
• stellar
• stellar evolution
• telescope

• Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

  D. Vanbeveren, W. Rensbergen, C. Loore

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