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Wolf-Rayet Stars with Massive Companions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
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The study of Wolf-Rayet binaries is important for the information we can gleam about the most fundamental property of any star: its mass. In this regard we are very fortunate, since the masses of WR stars can be determined with far greater confidence than can their luminosities, compositions, colors, effective temperatures, etc. By simply measuring the velocities of both components in a WR+0 system, we can find the minimum masses and the mass ratio of the two stars; if we can get some further handle on the orbital inclination, we then know the mass of the WR star directly.
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- SESSION 4 — OBSERVATIONS OF WOLF-RAYET BINARIES
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