High Energy Processes in Wolf-Rayet Stars
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2019-04-10 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are massive (10 M) evolved stars undergoing advanced nuclear burning in their cores, rapidly approaching the end of their lives as supernovae. Their powerful winds enrich the interstellar medium with heavy elements, providing raw material for future generations of stars. We briefly summarize high-energy processes in WR stars, focusing mainly on their X-ray emission. We present new results from Chandra observations of the eclipsing WR+O binary CQ Cep covering a full orbit which stringently test X-ray emission models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1812.03954,
title = {High Energy Processes in Wolf-Rayet Stars},
author = {Stephen L. Skinner and Werner Schmutz and Manuel Guedel and Svetozar Zhekov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.03954},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
To appear in Proc. 8th International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA2018), Ollantaytambo, Peru (9-15 Sep. 2018); A.N., 2019, in press