A survey of the most massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds

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Mar 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009iaus..256..343b&link_type=abstract

The Magellanic System: Stars, Gas, and Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 256,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Binaries: Eclipsing, Binaries: Spectroscopic, Stars: Early-Type, Stars: Fundamental Parameters, Stars: Individual (Lmc-Sc1-105), Magellanic Clouds

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Despite the large impact very massive stars (>30 M&sun;) have in astrophysics, their fundamental parameters remain uncertain. I present results of a survey aiming to characterize the most massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds. The survey targets the brightest, blue, eclipsing binaries discovered by the OGLE microlensing survey, for which masses and radii are measured to 5%. Such precise data are rare and provide constraints for theories of massive star formation and evolution at low metallicities.

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