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Evolution of High Mass Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

André Maeder
André Maeder*
Affiliation:
Geneva ObservatoryCH-1290 Sauverny /Switzerland

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Several properties of massive star evolution are of great interest for the understanding of young populations in galaxies: -the genetic connections predicted by the models for the various types of massive stars allow us to understand their filiation; -in order to study the differences of the relative star frequencies in galaxies, we have to know which properties affect the lifetimes in the various evolutionary stages; -the composition of stellar winds is interesting to discuss the wind injections into the interstellar material, particularly the injections by Wolf-Rayet stars, and to discuss the influence of mass loss on nucleosynthesis and chemical yields. Here we shall briefly summarize some recent results on these various problems. For more details the reader may refer to general reviews (cf. Humphreys, 1984; Maeder, 1984a,b; Chiosi and Maeder, 1986).

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Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 7: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XIXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1985 , 1986 , pp. 475 - 479
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986

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