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The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: The fastest rotating O-type star and shortest period LMC pulsar - remnants of a supernova disrupted binary?
P. L. Dufton, P. R. Dunstall, C. J. Evans +12
We present a spectroscopic analysis of an extremely rapidly rotating late O-type star, VFTS102, observed during a spectroscopic survey of 30 Doradus. VFTS102 has a projected rotati…
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: NGC346-013 as a test case for massive close binary evolution
B. W. Ritchie, V. E. Stroud, C. J. Evans +5
NGC346-013 is a peculiar double-lined eclipsing binary in the Small Magellanic Cloud discovered by the VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars. Spectra obtained with VLT-FLAMES are used…
Magnetic field studies of massive main sequence stars
M. Schoeller, S. Hubrig, I. Ilyin +5
We report on the status of our spectropolarimetric observations of massive stars. During the last years, we have discovered magnetic fields in many objects of the upper main sequen…
The Eddington factor as the key to understand the winds of the most massive stars. Evidence for a Gamma-dependence of Wolf-Rayet type mass loss
G. Gräfener, J. S. Vink, A. de Koter +1
The most massive stars are thought to be hydrogen-rich Wolf-Rayet stars of late spectral subtype (WNh stars). In previous theoretical studies the enhanced mass loss of these stars…
A VLT/FLAMES survey for massive binaries in Westerlund 1. III. The WC9d binary W239 and implications for massive stellar evolution
J. S. Clark, B. W. Ritchie, I. Negueruela +4
There is growing evidence that a treatment of binarity amongst OB stars is essential for a full theory of stellar evolution. However the binary properties of massive stars - freque…
Exploring the origin of magnetic fields in massive stars: A survey of O-type stars in clusters and in the field
S. Hubrig, M. Schoeller, N. V. Kharchenko +7
To investigate statistically whether magnetic fields in massive stars are ubiquitous or appear in stars with specific spectral classification, certain ages, or in a special environ…