ETA CARINAE AND OTHER LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLES

Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) are believed to be evolved, extremely massive stars close to the Eddington Limit and hence prone to bouts of large-scale, unstable mass loss. I discuss current understanding of the evolutionary state of these objects, the role duplicity may play and known physical char...

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Published in:Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica
Main Author: M. F. Corcoran
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2008
Subjects:
Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
type
rays: stars
stars: early
stars: evolution
stars: mass loss
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57116159043
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