Evolved massive stars in the local group. II. a new survey for wolf-rayet stars in M33 and its implications for massive star evolution: Evidence of the "Conti scenario" in action

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 505, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 793-827

  Massey, Philip ^a   Johnson, Olivia ^b,c  

^a KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Stellar content; Local group; Stars: Evolution; Stars: Wolf rayet; Supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844252850     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/306199     Document Type: Article

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