Visual Orbits of Wolf–Rayet Stars. I. The Orbit of the Dust-producing Wolf–Rayet Binary WR 137 Measured with the CHARA Array

Classical Wolf–Rayet (W-R) stars are the descendants of massive OB stars that have lost their hydrogen envelopes and are burning helium in their cores prior to exploding as Type Ib/c supernovae. The mechanisms for losing their hydrogen envelopes are either through binary interactions or through stro...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors:	Noel D. Richardson, Gail H. Schaefer, Jan J. Eldridge, Rebecca Spejcher, Amanda Holdsworth, Ryan M. Lau, John D. Monnier, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Gerd Weigelt, Peredur M. Williams, Stefan Kraus, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Narsireddy Anugu, Sorabh Chhabra, Isabelle Codron, Jacob Ennis, Tyler Gardner, Mayra Gutierrez, Noura Ibrahim, Aaron Labdon, Cyprien Lanthermann, Benjamin R. Setterholm
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Wolf-Rayet stars WC stars Long baseline interferometry Interferometric binary stars Dust formation
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8d5c