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Evolution and explosion of Wolf-Rayet stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Norbert Langer  and
Alexander Heger
Norbert Langer
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Universität Potsdam, Postfach 601553, D-14415 Potsdam, Germany
Alexander Heger*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, D–85740 Garching, Germany
*
1Present address: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA 95064, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We investigate the pre-supernova evolution of Wolf-Rayet stars. We discuss whether the separation of hydrogen-free, core collapse supernovae into Type Ic and Type Ib supernovae is related to the occurrence of ‘Case BB mass transfer’ in massive close binaries, especially since the new, smaller WR mass loss rates do not favor helium-poor progenitor models from massive single stars. We also discuss the influence of rotation on the formation, evolution and explosion of WR stars using new models for rotating massive stars that have been computed from zero age to core collapse. We compute the spin-down of (non-magnetic) WR stars due to their strong mass loss, and compare pulsar spin rates with our predictions. Finally, we discuss implications of our results for the rotation rate of Type Ib/c supernova progenitors in general, and for SN 1998bw and the ‘collapsar’ model for γ-ray bursts in particular.

Type
Part 2. Models for single star evolution of massive stars: wind + atmosphere + interior
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 187 - 195
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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