The Canonical Luminous Blue Variable AG Car and Its Neighbor Hen 3-519 Are Much Closer than Previously Assumed

The strong mass loss of Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) is thought to play a critical role in massive-star evolution, but their place in the evolutionary sequence remains debated. A key to understanding their peculiar instability is their high observed luminosities, which often depends on uncertain d...

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Main Authors: Smith, Nathan, Stassun, Keivan G.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Steward Observ
Language:en
Published: IOP PUBLISHING LTD 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624732
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/624732