Wolf-Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: I. Analysis of the single WN stars
@article{Hainich2015WolfRayetSI, title={Wolf-Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: I. Analysis of the single WN stars}, author={Rainer Hainich and Diana Pasemann and Helge Todt and Tomer Shenar and Andreas A. C. Sander and W. R. Hamann}, journal={arXiv: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics}, year={2015} }
Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars have a severe impact on their environments owing to their strong ionizing radiation fields and powerful stellar winds. Since these winds are considered to be driven by radiation pressure, it is theoretically expected that the degree of the wind mass-loss depends on the initial metallicity of WR stars. Following our comprehensive studies of WR stars in the Milky Way, M31, and the LMC, we derive stellar parameters and mass-loss rates for all seven putatively single WN stars…
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