10 papers
The VMC survey -- LV. The coherent expansion of the SMC
S. Vijayasree, F. Niederhofer, M. -R. L. Cioni +8
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) exhibits significant kinematic disequilibrium due to interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Here, we investigate the two-dimensional s…
X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity XV. On the metallicity dependence of B-supergiant mass-loss rates
O. Verhamme, J. O. Sundqvist, A. de Koter +21
Context. For stellar evolution models we rely on mass-loss rate prescriptions that show features that lack empirical confirmation, such as the bi-stability jump. This jump is an in…
X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity XIV. Properties of SMC late-O and B supergiants reveal the metallicity dependence of winds in the Magellanic Clouds
T. Alkousa, P. A. Crowther, J. M. Bestenlehner +10
Considering the physics of radiation-driven winds of massive stars, the wind properties should depend on the metal content of the stellar atmosphere. Therefore, studying the winds…
Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM): a spectroscopic VLT monitoring survey of massive stars in the SMC
T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner, H. Sana +74
Surveys in the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud revealed that the majority of massive stars will interact with companions during their lives. However, knowledge of the binary p…
A high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity
H. Sana, T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner +74
At high metallicity, a majority of massive stars have at least one close stellar companion. The evolution of such binaries is subject to strong interaction processes, heavily impac…
The VMC survey -- LIV. The internal kinematics of the LMC with new VISTA observations
S. Vijayasree, F. Niederhofer, M. -R. L. Cioni +10
Context: Studying the internal kinematics of galaxies provides insights into their past evolution, current dynamics, and future trajectory. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), as the…