Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège -  Volume 80 - Année 2011 

Investigating the properties of Galactic Luminous Blue Variables via IR observations

J. S. Clark

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

A. Arkharov

Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, St Petersburg, Russia

V. Larionov

Astronomical Institute of St. Petersburg University, St Petersburg, Russia

B. Ritchie

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

P. Crowther

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

F. Najarro

Dept. de Astrofísica, CAB, INTA-CSIC, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain

Abstract

Recent IR surveys of the Galactic plane have revealed a large number of candidate Luminous Blue Variables. In order to verify these classifications we have been undertaking a long term spectroscopic and photometric monitoring campaign supplemented with tailored non-LTE model atmosphere analysis. Here we present a brief overview of selected aspects of this program, highlighting the prospects for identification, classification and quantitative analysis of LBVs in the near-IR spectral window.

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J. S. Clark, A. Arkharov, V. Larionov, B. Ritchie, P. Crowther & F. Najarro, «Investigating the properties of Galactic Luminous Blue Variables via IR observations», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 80 - Année 2011, 361 - 365 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=2825.