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Context. We need to understand the spin evolution of massive stars to compute their internal rotationally induced mixing processes, isolate effects of close binary evolution, and predict the rotation rates of white dwarfs, neutron stars and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-22 K. Nathaniel , N. Langer , S. Simón-Díaz , G. Holgado , A. de Burgos , B. Hastings

There has been growing evidence that the rich star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds contain significant fractions of rapidly rotating stars. In this work, we aim to constrain these fractions by studying the colour-magnitude diagrams of…

We present dense grids of stellar models suitable for comparison with observable quantities measured with great precision, such as those derived from binary systems or planet-hosting stars. We computed new Geneva models without rotation at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 N. Mowlavi , P. Eggenberger , G. Meynet , S. Ekstrom , C. Georgy , A. Maeder , C. Charbonnel , L. Eyer

Rotational mixing in massive main sequence stars is predicted to monotonically increase their surface nitrogen abundance with time. We use this effect to design a method for constraining the age and the inclination angle of massive main…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 K. Köhler , M. Borzyszkowski , I. Brott , N. Langer , A. de Koter

In this paper, we compare the currently available evolutionary tracks for Galactic massive stars. Our main goal is to highlight the uncertainties on the predicted evolutionary paths. We compute stellar evolution models with the codes MESA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 F. Martins , A. Palacios

First, we review the main physical effects to be considered in the building of evolutionary models of rotating stars on the Upper Main-Sequence (MS). The internal rotation law evolves as a result of contraction and expansion, meridional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Andre Maeder , Georges Meynet

Context. The evolution of massive stars is strongly influenced by internal mixing processes such as semiconvection, convective core overshooting, and rotationally induced mixing. None of these is currently well constrained. Aims. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Abel Schootemeijer , Norbert Langer , Nathan J. Grin , Chen Wang

B-type stars are known to rotate at various velocities, including very fast rotators near the critical velocity as the Be stars. In this paper, we provide stellar models covering the mass range between 1.7 to 15 Msun, which includes the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Cyril Georgy , Sylvia Ekström , Anahí Granada , Georges Meynet , Nami Mowlavi , Patrick Eggenberger , André Maeder

One of the main uncertainties in evolutionary calculations of massive stars is the efficiency of internal mixing. It changes the chemical profile inside the star and can therefore affect the structure and further evolution. We demonstrate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. E. de Mink , M. Cantiello , N. Langer , O. R. Pols

Mass loss due to line-driven winds is central to our understanding of the evolution of massive stars. We extend the evolution models introduced in Paper I, where the mass loss recipe is based on the simultaneous calculation of the wind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 Alex Camilo Gormaz-Matamala , Jorge Cuadra , Georges Meynet , Michel Curé

We study the evolution, rotation, and surface abundances of O-type dwarfs in the Small Magellanic Cloud. We analyzed the UV and optical spectra of twenty-three objects and derived photospheric and wind properties. The observed binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Jean-Claude Bouret , Thierry Lanz , Fabrice Martins , Wagner L. F. Marcolino , D. John Hillier , Eric Depagne , Ivan Hubeny

Grids of stellar evolution are required in many fields of astronomy/astrophysics, such as planet hosting stars, binaries, clusters, chemically peculiar stars, etc. In this study, a grid of stellar evolution models with updated ingredients…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 Mutlu Yildiz

I present measurements of the projected rotational velocities of a sample of 100 early B-type main-sequence stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This is the first extragalactic study of the distribution of stellar rotational velocities. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stefan C. Keller

We present a new comprehensive collection of stellar evolutionary tracks and isochrones for rotating low- and intermediate-mass stars assembled with the updated version of PARSEC V2.0. This version includes our recent calibration of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 C. T. Nguyen , G. Costa , L. Girardi , G. Volpato , A. Bressan , Y. Chen , P. Marigo , X. Fu , P. Goudfrooij

We provide an observational view of evolutionary models in the Hertzsprung--Russell diagram, on the main sequence. For that we computed evolutionary models with the code STAREVOL for 15 < M/Msun < 100. We subsequently calculated atmosphere…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 F. Martins , A. Palacios

The most massive stars dominate the chemical enrichment, mechanical and radiative feedback, and energy budget of their host environments. Yet how massive stars initially form and how they evolve throughout their lives is ambiguous. The mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Erin R. Higgins , Jorick S. Vink , Gautham N. Sabhahit , Andreas A. C. Sander

We investigate the integrated properties of massive (>10 Msun), rotating, single-star stellar populations for a variety of initial rotation rates (v/vcrit=0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6). We couple the new MESA Isochrone and Stellar Tracks…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-12 Jieun Choi , Charlie Conroy , Nell Byler

Rotational mixing in massive stars is a widely applied concept, with far reaching consequences for stellar evolution. Nitrogen surface abundances for a large and homogeneous sample of massive B-type stars in the LMC were obtained by the…

We provide atmospheric parameters and rotational velocities of a large sample (~400) of O- and early B-type stars, analysed in a homogeneous and consistent manner, for use in constraining theoretical models. Comparison of the rotational…

The ages of stars have historically relied on isochrone fitting of standardised grids of models. While these stellar models have provided key constraints on observational samples of massive stars, they inherit many systematic uncertainties,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-16 Erin R. Higgins , Jorick S. Vink