IAU Joint Discussions (GA)
JD2: Very massive stars in the local universe
Start date/time
August 20, 2012
End date/time
August 22, 2012
Place
Beijing,
China Nanjing
Contact
Jorick Vink
jsv@arm.ac.uk
Event website
Coordinating Division
SOC Chair: Jorick S. Vink (United Kingdom)
SOC Members: Artemio Herrero (Spain), Alexander Heger (United States), Dany Vanbeveren (Belgium), Anthony Moffat (Canada)
Editor of Proceedings: Jorick S. Vink (United Kingdom)
Topics:
- Weighing the most massive stars from their binary motions
- Stellar spectra of O and Wolf-Rayet stars
- Mass determinations from stellar spectroscopy and model atmosphere analysis
- Formation of the most massive stars
- Mass loss mechanisms, incl. eruptions of Luminous Blue Variables
- Stellar structure and evolution
- The fate of the most massive stars (over cosmological time)
- Mass and energy return to the interstellar medium (ISM)
