Astronomy 404
Lecture 30, Nov. 5
Fall 2021
Lecture Notes:
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High-Mass Stars on the Main Sequence
high effective temperature:
ionizing photons
HII regions:
N108 B
,
Tarantula Nebula
, in the
M33 galaxy
high luminosity:
short lifetimes
found near birthsites--OB associations
Cave Nebula
wide field
,
zoom
;
Sco-Cen
strong mass loss, especially highest masses: Wolf-Rayet stars
WR 124
,
Thor's Helmet
, S308:
optical
,
X-ray
eta Carinae:
optical
(HST),
X-ray
(Chandra)
High-Mass Stars Beyond the Main Sequence
supergiants on the HR diagram:
low to high mass
,
Sun
vs
massive star
MESA
simulations: massive star plots
here
(
Paxton+ 2011
),
here
(
Paxton+ 2013
),
here
(
Paxton+ 2015
)
supergiants resolved! Betelgeuse
HST
,
VLT
,
interferometry
advanced burning
silicon burning to the iron core
core collapse
Lecture Archive
Brian D. Fields