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Very Massive Stars in the local Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Jorick S. Vink ,
Alexander Heger ,
Mark R. Krumholz ,
Joachim Puls ,
S. Banerjee ,
N. Castro ,
K.-J. Chen ,
A.-N. Chenè ,
P. A. Crowther  and
A. Daminelli
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Jorick S. Vink
Affiliation:
Armagh Observatory, College Hill, BT61 9DG, Armaghm Northern Ireland, UK email: jsv@arm.ac.uk
Alexander Heger
Affiliation:
Monash Centre for Astrophysics School of Mathematical Sciences, Building 28, M401 Monash University, Vic 3800, Australia
Mark R. Krumholz
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Joachim Puls
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679, Munchen, Germany
S. Banerjee
Affiliation:
Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121, Bonn, Germany
N. Castro
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, National Observatory of Athens, I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou St. P. Penteli, 15236 Athens, Greece
K.-J. Chen
Affiliation:
Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
A.-N. Chenè
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física y Astronomía, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, Casilla 5030, Chile Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Chile
P. A. Crowther
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Hounsfield Road, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH, UK
A. Daminelli
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomia do IAG-USP, R. do Matao 1226, 05508-090 Sao Paulo, Brazil
G. Gräfener
Affiliation:
Armagh Observatory, College Hill, BT61 9DG, Armaghm Northern Ireland, UK email: jsv@arm.ac.uk
J. H. Groh
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, Geneva University, Chemin des Maillettes 51, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
W.-R. Hamann
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
S. Heap
Affiliation:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
A. Herrero
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias and Universidad de La Laguna, E-38200 La Laguna, Spain
L. Kaper
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
F. Najarro
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astrofsica, Centro de Astrobiologia, (CSIC-INTA), Ctra. Torrejn a Ajalvir, km 4, 28850 Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
L. M. Oskinova
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
A. Roman-Lopes
Affiliation:
Physics Department - Universidad de La Serena - Av. Cisternas, 1200 - La Serena - Chile
A. Rosen
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
A. Sander
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
M. Shirazi
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Y. Sugawara
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo, Tokyo112-8551
F. Tramper
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
D. Vanbeveren
Affiliation:
Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
R. Voss
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands
A. Wofford
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
Y. Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Recent studies have claimed the existence of very massive stars (VMS) up to 300 M⊙ in the local Universe. As this finding may represent a paradigm shift for the canonical stellar upper-mass limit of 150 M⊙, it is timely to discuss the status of the data, as well as the far-reaching implications of such objects. We held a Joint Discussion at the General Assembly in Beijing to discuss (i) the determination of the current masses of the most massive stars, (ii) the formation of VMS, (iii) their mass loss, and (iv) their evolution and final fate. The prime aim was to reach broad consensus between observers and theorists on how to identify and quantify the dominant physical processes.

Keywords

Stars: massive starsStars: mass-lossStars: stellar evolution
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 51 - 79
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