Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-10-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted by Astrophysical Journal. Postscript version available via ftp.lowell.edu/pub/massey/smcwr.ps.gz Revised version cont
Scientific paper
10.1086/319818
We conducted an extensive search for Wolf-Rayet stars (W-Rs) in the SMC, using the same interference filter imaging techniques that have proved successful in finding W-Rs in more distant members of the Local Group. Photometry of some 1.6 million stellar images resulted in some 20 good candidates, which we then examined spectroscopically. Two of these indeed proved to be newly found W-Rs, bringing the total known in the SMC from 9 to 11. Other finds included previously unknown Of-type stars (one as early as O5f?p)),the recovery of the Luminous Blue Variable S18, and the discovery of a previously unknown SMC symbiotic star. More important, however, is the fact that there does not exist a significant number of W-Rs waiting to be discovered in the SMC. The number of W-Rs in the SMC is a factor of 3 lower than in the LMC (per unit luminosity), and we argue this is the result of the SMC's low metallicity on the evolution of the most massive stars.
Duffy Alaine
Massey Phil
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