Massive Stars in the Galaxies of the Local Group
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2015-06-16 v1
Abstract
The star-forming galaxies of the Local Group act as our laboratories for testing massive star evolutionary models. In this review, I briefly summarize what we believe we know about massive star evolution, and the connection between OB stars, Luminous Blue Variables, yellow supergiants, red supergiants, and Wolf-Rayet stars. The difficulties and recent successes in identifying these various types of massive stars in the neighboring galaxies of the Local Group will be discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1305.5914,
title = {Massive Stars in the Galaxies of the Local Group},
author = {Philip Massey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.5914},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Invited paper for New Astronomy Reviews, special Local Group issue