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Tag: <span>low-metallicity galaxies</span>

Tag: low-metallicity galaxies

New paper: Sana et al. 2025, A high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity

This is a major work with contributions for many many people as we try to understand the behavior of massive stars at low metallicity. And of the key factors is binarity, how does it change when metallicity decreases ? A high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity …

New paper: de Wit et al. 2025: Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: III. Spectroscopy of dusty massive stars in three northern galaxies

This is the complementary work to that of Alceste’s published some time ago, covering the southern galaxies. Now it was Stephan and Gonzalo’s turn to lead this the paper for the northern galaxies, observed with the 10.4 m GTC. We managed to classify 122 additional sources, increasing the number of …

New paper: A machine-learning photometric classifier for massive stars in nearby galaxies II. The catalog

Finally…after some years from the initial paper on the method I managed to put everything together to publish the second part of the machine-learning classifier for massive stars in nearby galaxies. This work is actually the application of the classifier to the whole sample of 26 galaxies and about 1.1 …

New paper: de Wit et al. 2024: Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: II. Physical properties of red supergiants at subsolar metallicity

Stephan extends the work he has performed previously in the Magellanic Clouds to RSGs identified in the ASSESS project in galaxies at subsolar metallicity. Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: II. Physical properties of red supergiants at subsolar metallicity S. de Wit, A.Z. Bonanos, K. Antoniadis, E. Zapartas, …

New paper: Discovering New B[e] Supergiants and Candidate Luminous Blue Variables in Nearby Galaxies

Although I thought at the beginning that this would be a quick paper, it took considerable time to complete! Thanks a lot to Stephan that did significant work with figures I was able to focus on the text and the discussion. This is the first work to reveal B[e] Supergiants …