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The impact of close binary evolution on the properties of the WR-bump emission lines of Wolf-Rayet galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Joris Van Bever  and
Dany Vanbeveren
Joris Van Bever
Affiliation:
Astrofysisch Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, België
Dany Vanbeveren
Affiliation:
Astrofysisch Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, België Technische Hogeschool, Campus Vesalius, B-3000 Leuven, België

Abstract

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We present the results of a study on the behaviour of the blue and red WR emission bumps (around 4650Å and 5808Å) and of the nebular contribution to He ii λ4686 in evolving young starburst regions (such as Wolf-Rayet galaxies), containing a non-negligible binary population. Calculations were made for solar metallicity and 1/20 solar. The population synthesis program uses an extended library of stellar evolutionary tracks of single stars and binaries, computed using the most recent stellar wind mass loss rates during RSG, LBV and WR stages. In the case of binaries, we account in detail for the effects of Roche lobe overflow, mass transfer and mass accretion, common envelope evolution, the spiral-in process, asymmetric kicks to neutron stars as a result of their supernova explosion, etc. This research is part of a more extensive project to explore every possible impact of massive binaries on stellar populations.

Type
Part 3. Location and Distribution of Massive Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 212: A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova , 2003 , pp. 576 - 577
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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