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Luminous blue variables - An evolutionary picture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

S. R. Sreenivasan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
W.J.F. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada

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A considerable amount of observational information has been gathered on the so-called Hubble-Sandage Variables or S Doradus variable stars, largely due to the efforts of the Heidelberg group (see Wolf, this volume for a review). It is believed that the star P Cygni also belongs to this category. This group of objects is now being referred to as Luminous Blue Variables because they are massive (>10 M), evolved (spectral type B or later) objects showing variability of more than one kind, and evidence of nuclear processed material at the surface.

Type
Mass Loss from Hot Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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