6 papers
The IACOB project: XVI. Surface helium abundances in Galactic O-type stars: indications for identifying binary interaction products
S. Simón-DÃaz, G. Holgado, C. MartÃnez-Sebastián +13
The presence of massive O-type stars with surfaces enriched by CNO-cycle products has been known since the early 1980s. For many years, internal rotational mixing was assumed to be…
A statistical framework for quantitative spectroscopy of luminous blue stars
Miguel A. Urbaneja
Context: Quantitative spectroscopy of luminous blue stars relies on detailed non-LTE model atmospheres whose increasing physical realism makes direct, iterative analyses computatio…
Blue supergiants and the zero point of the Tully-Fisher relation: a path to a new independent test of the Hubble constant
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Fabio Bresolin, Miguel A. Urbaneka +1
Blue supergiant distances of nearby galaxies obtained with the flux-weighted gravity-luminosity relationship are used for a measurement of the zero points of Tully-Fisher relations…
Blue supergiants in the Pinwheel Galaxy M101: comparison with H II region chemical abundances, spectroscopic distance and an independent determination of the Hubble constant
Fabio Bresolin, Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Miguel A. Urbaneja +2
We present a quantitative spectroscopic study of 13 blue supergiant stars in the Pinwheel Galaxy M101, based on data obtained with the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer available…
The IACOB project XIV. New clues on the location of the TAMS in the massive star domain
A. de Burgos, S. Simón-DÃaz, M. A. Urbaneja +4
Massive stars play a very important role in many astrophysical fields. Yet, some fundamental aspects of their evolution remain poorly constrained. In this regard, there is an open…
Toward early-type eclipsing binaries as extragalactic milestones: IV. Physical properties of three detached O/B-type systems in the LMC
Mónica Taormina, G. PietrzyÅski, R. -P. Kudritzki +10
We present a complete set of physical parameters for three early-type eclipsing binary systems in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC): OGLE LMC-ECL-17660, OGLE LMC-ECL-18794, and HV 2…