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The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the first clear evidence for weaker winds of metal-poor massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, confirming theoretical predictions of the metallicity dependence of mass-loss rates and wind terminal velocities. For lower luminosity O-type stars however, derived mass-loss rates are orders of magnitude lower than predicted, and are at present unexplained.
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Lennon, D.J. (2010). UV Spectroscopy of Metal-Poor Massive Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. In: Macchetto, F. (eds) The Impact of HST on European Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3400-7_4
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