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Stellar properties of Galactic Centre He I sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Luc Dessart ,
Paul A. Crowther ,
Linda J. Smith  and
Bruce Bohannan
Luc Dessart
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St., London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Paul A. Crowther
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St., London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Linda J. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St., London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Bruce Bohannan
Affiliation:
Kitt Peak National Observatory, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ, USA

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The Galactic Centre (GC) region has in recent years attracted a lot of attention from the hot star community following the discovery of numerous He I emission line sources (Krabbe et al. 1991). Recent studies (e.g., Najarro et al. 1994) revealed stellar properties reminiscent of cool Wolf-Rayet stars, providing clues to the origin of the Lyman and He+ ionizing fluxes, and the luminosity in the central parsec of our galaxy. They allow the recent star formation history to be unveiled, and assess the effect of high metallicity on massive star evolution.

Type
Part 4. Wolf-Rayet stars and other hot massive stars in the Galactic Center and in Local Group giant H II regions (individual stars)
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 476 - 477
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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