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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300416203321

Titolo

Very Massive Stars in the Local Universe / / edited by Jorick S. Vink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-09596-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Astrophysics and Space Science Library, , 0067-0057 ; ; 412

Disciplina

523.8

Soggetti

Astrophysics

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy - Observations

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Very Massive Stars Properties -- The formation of VMS. - Mass-loss mechanisms -- VMS structure and evolution -- Binary evolution -- The pre-explosion evolution and fate of VMS.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the status of research on very massive stars in the Universe. While it has been claimed that stars with over 100 solar masses existed in the very early Universe, recent studies have also discussed the existence and deaths of stars up to 300 solar masses in the local Universe. This represents a paradigm shift for the stellar upper-mass limit, which may have major implications far beyond the field of stellar physics. The book comprises 7 chapters, which describe this discipline and provide sufficient background and introductory content for graduate (PhD) students and researchers from different branches of astronomy to be able to enter this exciting new field of very massive stars.