Bibcode
Mas-Hesse, J. M.; Cerviño, M.
Referencia bibliográfica
"Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies. Proceedings of the 193rd symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 3-7 November 1998". Edited by Karel A. van der Hucht, Gloria Koenigsberger, and Philippe R. J. Eenens. San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1999., p.550"
Fecha de publicación:
1999
Número de citas
14
Número de citas referidas
13
Descripción
We present in this contribution our set of multiwavelength synthesis
models including the evolution of single and binary stars. The main
results we have obtained can be summarized as follows: (a) massive
close-binary systems will start to experience mass transfer episodes
after the first 4 Myr of the starburst evolution; (b) as a result of
these mass transfer processes, stars of relatively low initial mass can
loose completely their envelope and become a WR. In this way, the
formation of WR stars is extended over longer than 15 Myr, and does not
stop at 6 Myr as predicted by models including only single stars; (c) WR
stars can thus be coeval with red supergiants, which peak at around 10
Myr for solar metallicities; (d) the accretion of mass will originate
relatively massive stars at ages for which they should have already
disappeared; these stars, together with the WR stars formed in rather
evolved clusters, increase the production of ionizing photons, so that
the H$\beta$ equivalent width will not drop as rapidly as predicted by
models considering only individual stars; and (e) the mass transfer to
compact companions will produce an additional source of high-energy
radiation in the form of high-mass X-ray binaries, not predicted either
by standard synthesis models.