The Nature of a Recently Discovered Wolf–Rayet Binary: Archetype of Stripping?

LMCe055-1 was recently discovered in a survey for Wolf–Rayets (WRs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and classified as a WN4/O4, a lower-excitation version of the WN3/O3 class discovered as part of the same survey. Its absolute magnitude precluded it from being a WN4+O4 binary. Optical Gravitational L...

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Main Authors: Philip Massey, Kathryn F. Neugent, Nidia I. Morrell, Desmond John Hillier, Laura R. Penny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8a59
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