Wolf-Rayet stars from the past to the present.

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Oct 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997crasb.325..421b&link_type=abstract

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Sér. II, Fasc. b, Tome 325, No. 7, p. 421 - 434

Physics

Wolf-Rayet Stars: Models, Wolf-Rayet Stars: Physical Properties, Wolf-Rayet Stars: Galaxies, Wolf-Rayet Stars: Galaxy, Wolf-Rayet Stars: Magellanic Clouds

Scientific paper

After a short report on the discovery in 1867, by Charles Wolf and Georges Rayet, of a peculiar type of emission line stars in Cygnus, the classification scheme applied to population I Wolf-Rayet stars is described, followed by a review of the basic physical parameters of these stars. The statistical properties that result from the census of the Wolf-Rayet populations in our Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds and a few nearby galaxies are analysed. Finally, the fundamental issue of the origin and evolution of Wolf-Rayet stars is addressed. Mass loss by stellar winds in massive stars is recognized as being probably the most efficient mechanism to form Wolf-Rayet stars.

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