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| Paper: |
Very Massive Stars and the Eddington Limit |
| Volume: |
465, Four Decades of Massive Star Research - A Scientific Meeting in Honor of Anthony J. Moffat |
| Page: |
196 |
| Authors: |
Crowther, P. A.; Hirschi, R.; Walborn, N. R.; Yusof, N. |
| Abstract: |
We use contemporary evolutionary models for very massive stars (VMS)
to assess whether the Eddington limit constrains the upper stellar
mass limit. We also consider the interplay between mass and age
for the wind properties and spectral morphology of VMS, with
reference to the recently modified classification scheme for
O2-3.5 If*/WN stars. Finally, the death of VMS in the local universe
is considered in the context of pair instability supernovae. |
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