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Discovering New B[e] Supergiants and Candidate Luminous Blue Variables in Nearby Galaxies
by Grigoris Maravelias, Stephan de Wit, Alceste Z. Bonanos, Frank Tramper, Gonzalo Munoz-Sanchez and Evangelia Christodoulou
Galaxies 2023, 11(3), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies11030079 - 19 Jun 2023
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Mass loss is one of the key parameters that determine stellar evolution. Despite the progress we have achieved over the last decades we still cannot match the observational derived values with theoretical predictions. Even worse, there are certain phases, such as the B[e] [...] Read more.
Mass loss is one of the key parameters that determine stellar evolution. Despite the progress we have achieved over the last decades we still cannot match the observational derived values with theoretical predictions. Even worse, there are certain phases, such as the B[e] supergiants (B[e]SGs) and the Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs), where significant mass is lost through episodic or outburst activity. This leads to various structures forming around them that permit dust formation, making these objects bright IR sources. The ASSESS project aims to determine the role of episodic mass in the evolution of massive stars, by examining large numbers of cool and hot objects (such as B[e]SGs/LBVs). For this purpose, we initiated a large observation campaign to obtain spectroscopic data for ∼1000 IR-selected sources in 27 nearby galaxies. Within this project we successfully identified seven B[e] supergiants (one candidate) and four Luminous Blue Variables of which six and two, respectively, are new discoveries. We used spectroscopic, photometric, and light curve information to better constrain the nature of the reported objects. We particularly noted the presence of B[e]SGs at metallicity environments as low as 0.14 Z. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Observation of Active B-type Stars)
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