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Massive Stars Ejected from R136?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Bernhard R. Brandl ,
David F. Chernoff  and
Anthony F. J. Moffat
Bernhard R. Brandl
Affiliation:
Center for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
David F. Chernoff
Affiliation:
Center for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Anthony F. J. Moffat
Affiliation:
Department de physique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Abstract

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We present the observational signature of a statistically significant number of very massive stars around the core of R136 and discuss the evidence for dynamical processes to be responsible for their apparent location. Alternative scenarios are discussed as well.

Type
Part 4. Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: Theory and Observation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 694 - 696
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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