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The Mass-Loss History of the Red Hypergiant VY CMa
Roberta M. Humphreys, Kris Davidson, A. M. S. Richards +3
Imaging and spectroscopy of the knots, clumps, and extended arcs in the complex ejecta of VY CMa confirm a record of high mass loss events over the past few hundred years. HST/STIS…
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Radiation-Driven Stellar Eruptions
Kris Davidson
Very massive stars occasionally expel material in colossal eruptions, driven by continuum radiation pressure rather than blast waves. Some of them rival supernovae in total radiati…