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Adriane Liermann, Wolf-Rainer Hamann, Lidia M. Oskinova & Helge Todt

High-mass stars in the Galactic center Quintuplet cluster

(Volume 80 - Année 2011)
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Abstract

The Galactic center region is heavily obscured by dust in the ultra-violet and visual. Recently, a catalog with near-infrared K-band spectra of massive stars located in the Quintuplet cluster at about 35 pc projected distance of the GC was presented. Among several O stars the cluster hosts a number of massive stars in their late evolutionary stages, i.e. Wolf-Rayet stars of the nitrogen (WN) and carbon (WC) sequence. Tailored analyses with the Potsdam models for expanding atmospheres (PoWR) are presented for the WN stars. We find that the stars belong to a group of rather cool (T* = more or less 25 − 36 kK) but very luminous WNL stars (log (L/Lo) > 6.0). The derived stellar parameters are discussed in the context of stellar evolution and it is shown that the stars are descendants from massive stars with initial masses of Minit >= 60 Mo.

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Adriane Liermann, Wolf-Rainer Hamann, Lidia M. Oskinova & Helge Todt, «High-mass stars in the Galactic center Quintuplet cluster», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 80 - Année 2011, 160 - 164 URL : https://popups.ulg.ac.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=2619.

About: Adriane Liermann

Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany et Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

About: Wolf-Rainer Hamann

Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

About: Lidia M. Oskinova

Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

About: Helge Todt

Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany