Binarity and the B[e] phenomenon : investigating massive star populations in the Magellanic clouds

The body of this thesis looks at two large observational programmes: The VLT-FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars (VFSMS) and The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. The VFSMS aimed to advance the current understanding of massive star evolution by pressing the issue of rotational mixing for a sample of over 700...

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Main Author: Dunstall, Paul Robert
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.601443