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astro-ph2008★ 28 cited
High Spatial Resolution Spectroscopy of W51 IRS2E and IRS2W: Two Very Massive Young Stars in Early Formation Stages
C. L. Barbosa, R. D. Blum, P. S. Conti +2
We present -band spectra of the near infrared counterparts to IRS2E and IRS2W which is associated with the ultracompact HII region W51d, both of them embedded sources in the Gal…
astro-ph2008★ 105 cited
On the role of the WNH phase in the evolution of very massive stars: Enabling the LBV instability with feedback
Nathan Smith, Peter S. Conti
(abridged) We propose the new designation ``WNH'' for luminous Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars of the nitrogen sequence with H in their spectra. These are commonly called WNL stars (e.g., WN…