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Castro, N, Roth, MM, Weilbacher, PM, Micheva, G, Monreal-Ibero, A, Kelz, A, Kamann, S, Maseda, MV, Wendt, M and collaboration, TMUSE (2021) Mapping the youngest and most massive stars in the Tarantula nebula with MUSE-NFM. The Messenger, 182. pp. 50-53.
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Abstract
The evolution of the most massive stars is a puzzle with many missing pieces. Statistical analyses are key to providing anchors to calibrate theory, but performing these studies is an arduous job. The state-of-the-art integral field spectrograph Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) has stirred up stellar astrophysicists, who are excited about its ability to take spectra of up to a thousand stars in a single exposure. The excitement was even greater with the commissioning of the MUSE narrow-field mode (MUSE-NFM) that has demonstrated angular resolution akin to that of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We present the first mapping of the dense stellar core R136 in the Tarantula nebula based on a MUSE-NFM mosaic. We aim to deliver the first homogeneous analysis of the most massive stars in the local Universe and to explore the impact of these peculiar objects on the interstellar medium (ISM).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | astro-ph.SR; astro-ph.SR; astro-ph.GA |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Astrophysics Research Institute |
| Publisher: | European Southern Observatory ESO |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2023 15:11 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2023 14:14 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.18727/0722-6691/5223 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19124 |
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