Spectrophotometry of emission-line stars in the magellanic clouds

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Emission Spectra, Hot Stars, Magellanic Clouds, Photosphere, Stellar Temperature, Stellar Winds, Ultraviolet Spectra, Atmospheric Models, Iue, Light Transmission, Spectrophotometry, Stellar Luminosity, Ultraviolet Astronomy

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The strong emission lines in the most luminous stars in the Magellanic Clouds indicate that these stars have such strong stellar winds that their photospheres are so masked that optical absorption lines do not provide an accurate measure of photospheric conditions. In the research funded by this grant, temperatures and gravities of emission-line stars both in the Large (LMC) and Small Magellanic Clouds (SMC) have been measured by fitting of continuum ultraviolet-optical fluxes observed with IUE with theoretical model atmospheres. Preliminary results from this work formed a major part of an invited review 'The Distribution of Types of Luminous Blue Variables'. Interpretation of the IUE observations obtained in this grant and archive data were also included in a talk at the First Boulder-Munich Hot Stars Workshop. Final results of these studies are now being completed for publication in refereed journals.

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