The masses, and the mass discrepancy of O-type stars

@article{Weidner2010TheMA,
  title={The masses, and the mass discrepancy of O-type stars},
  author={Carsten Weidner and Jorick S. Vink},
  journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
  year={2010},
  volume={524}
}
Context. The “mass discrepancy” in massive O stars represents a long-standing problem in stellar astrophysics with far-reachin g implications for the chemical and dynamical feedback in galaxies. Aims. Our goal is to investigate this mass discrepancy by comparing state-of-the-art model masses with model-independent masses determined from eclipsing binaries. Methods. Using stellar evolution models and a recent calibration of stellar parameters for O-star spectral sub-classes, we pres ent a… Expand
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