The evolution of very massive stars

Details The evolution of very massive stars The evolution of very massive stars

2007-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701334v1

Astrophys.J.659:1576-1581,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

16 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. Accepted by ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/512181

Core collapse of dense massive star clusters is unavoidable and this leads to the formation of massive objects, with a mass up to 1000 $\msun$ and even larger. When these objects become stars, stellar wind mass loss determines their evolution and final fate, and decides upon whether they form black holes (with normal mass or with intermediate mass) or explode as a pair instability supernova. In the present paper, we discuss the evolution of very massive stars and we present a convenient evolution recipe that can be implemented in a gravitational N-body code to study the dynamics of dense massive clusters.

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