The nature of B supergiants: Clues from a steep drop in rotation rates at 22 000 K

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 512, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Vink, Jorick S ^a   Brott, I ^b   Grafener G ^a   Langer, N ^c   De Koter, A ^b,d   Lennon, D J ^e  

^a ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hertzsprung Russell and C M diagrams; Stars: early type; Stars: evolution; Stars: mass loss; Stars: massive; Stars: rotation

Indexed keywords

ROTATION;

C-M DIAGRAMS; HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL; MASSIVE STARS; STARS: EARLY-TYPE; STARS: EVOLUTION; STARS: MASS-LOSS;

STARS;

EID: 77951569381     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014205     Document Type: Article

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