Populations of OB-type stars in galaxies
Abstract
One of the challenges for stellar astrophysics is to reach the point at which we can undertake reliable spectral synthesis of unresolved populations in young, star-forming galaxies at high redshift. Here I summarise recent studies of massive stars in the Galaxy and Magellanic Clouds, which span a range of metallicities commensurate with those in high-redshift systems, thus providing an excellent laboratory in which to study the role of environment on stellar evolution. I also give an overview of observations of luminous supergiants in external galaxies out to a remarkable 6.7 Mpc, in which we can exploit our understanding of stellar evolution to study the chemistry and dynamics of the host systems.
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@article{arxiv.1009.4484,
title = {Populations of OB-type stars in galaxies},
author = {C. J. Evans},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.4484},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
9 pages, 3 figures, invited review at IAU Symposium 272 (eds Neiner, Wade, Meynet & Peters)