Search Results - "Gamen, R. C"
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Bona Fide, Strong-Variable Galactic Luminous Blue Variable Stars are Fast Rotators: Detection of a High Rotational Velocity in HR Carinae
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2009)“…We report optical observations of the luminous blue variable (LBV) HR Carinae which show that the star has reached a visual minimum phase in 2009. More…”
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The very massive X-ray bright binary system Wack 2134 (= WR 21a)
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-09-2008)“…From the radial velocities of the N ivλ4058 and He iiλ4686 emission lines, and the N vλ4604-20 absorption lines, determined in digital spectra, we report the…”
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The nearest star of spectral type O3: a component of the multiple system HD 150136
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-01-2005)“…From radial velocities determined in high signal-to-noise digital spectra, we report the discovery that the brightest component of the binary system HD 150136…”
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A close encounter of the massive kind
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-01-2017)“…We have used (i) Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys imaging and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph spectroscopy, (ii) ground-based Precision…”
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WR 110: A Single Wolf-Rayet Star with Corotating Interaction Regions in its Wind?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2011)“…A 30 day contiguous photometric run with the Microvariability and Oscillations of STars (MOST) satellite on the WN5-6b star WR 110 (HD 165688) reveals a…”
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He II [lambda]4686 IN [eta] CARINAE: COLLAPSE OF THE WIND-WIND COLLISION REGION DURING PERIASTRON PASSAGE
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-02-2012)“…The periodic spectroscopic events in [eta] Carinae are now well established and occur near the periastron passage of two massive stars in a very eccentric…”
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A study of the effect of rotational mixing on massive stars evolution: surface abundances of Galactic O7-8 giant stars
Published 16-11-2016“…A&A 599, A30 (2017) Massive star evolution remains only partly constrained. In particular, the exact role of rotation has been questioned by puzzling…”
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VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way
Published in New astronomy (01-07-2010)“…We describe the public ESO near-IR variability survey (VVV) scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the mid-plane where star formation activity…”
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MONOS: Multiplicity Of Northern O-type Spectroscopic systems. I. Project description and spectral classifications and visual multiplicity of previously known objects
Published 25-04-2019“…A&A 626, A20 (2019) [ABRIDGED] AIMS. MONOS is collecting information and studying O-type spectroscopic binaries with delta > -20 deg. In this 1st paper we…”
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He II λ4686 EMISSION FROM THE MASSIVE BINARY SYSTEM IN η CAR: CONSTRAINTS TO THE ORBITAL ELEMENTS AND THE NATURE OF THE PERIODIC MINIMA
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2016)“…ABSTRACT Eta Carinae ( η Car) is an extremely massive binary system in which rapid spectrum variations occur near periastron. Most notably, near periastron the…”
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A new spectroscopic analysis of the massive O + O type binary HD 54662 AB
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-05-2020)“…ABSTRACT HD 54662 AB is one of the three O + OB binaries known so far with orbital period longer than 1000 d, offering the opportunity to test scenarios of…”
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A close encounter of the massive kind
Published 07-10-2016“…We have used (a) HST ACS imaging and STIS spectroscopy, (b) ground-based PIONIER/VLT long-baseline interferometry, and (c) ground-based spectroscopy from…”
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The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS). III. 142 additional O-type systems
Published 08-02-2016“…This is the third installment of GOSSS, a massive spectroscopic survey of Galactic O stars, based on new homogeneous, high signal-to-noise ratio, R~2500…”
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The little-studied cluster Berkeley 90. I. LS III +46 11: a very massive O3.5 If + O3.5 If binary
Published 27-04-2015“…A&A 579, A108 (2015) Context: It appears that most (if not all) massive stars are born in multiple systems. At the same time, the most massive binaries are…”
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He II λ4686 IN η CARINAE: COLLAPSE OF THE WIND-WIND COLLISION REGION DURING PERIASTRON PASSAGE
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He II λ4686 EMISSION FROM THE MASSIVE BINARY SYSTEM IN CAR: CONSTRAINTS TO THE ORBITAL ELEMENTS AND THE NATURE OF THE PERIODIC MINIMA Based in part on observations obtained at the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope, which is a joint project of the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, e Inovação (MCTI) da República Federativa do Brasil, the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and Michigan State University (MSU). †
Published in The Astrophysical journal (08-03-2016)“…ABSTRACT Eta Carinae ( Car) is an extremely massive binary system in which rapid spectrum variations occur near periastron. Most notably, near periastron the…”
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A Three-Decade Outburst of the LMC Luminous Blue Variable R127 Draws to a Close
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-08-2008)“…The paradigmatic luminous blue variable R127 in the Large Magellanic Cloud has been found in the intermediate, peculiar early-B state, and substantially…”
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The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey. I. Classification System and Bright Northern Stars in the Blue-Violet at R~2500
Published 20-01-2011“…We present the first installment of a massive spectroscopic survey of Galactic O stars, based on new, high signal-to-noise ratio, R~2500 digital observations…”
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WR 110: A Single Wolf-Rayet Star With Corotating Interaction Regions In Its Wind?
Published 04-05-2011“…A 30-day contiguous photometric run with the MOST satellite on the WN5-6b star WR 110 (HD 165688) reveals a fundamental periodicity of P = 4.08 +/- 0.55 days…”
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The nearest star of spectral type O3: a component of the multiple system HD 150136
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