Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Table of Contents - 2007 - Volume 3, Symposium S250 (Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines)  

Contributed Papers

Evolution of Massive Stars at Low Metallicity

Georges Meyneta1, Nolan R. Walborna2, Ian Huntera3, Christophe Martayana4, Allard Jan van Marlea5, Sergey Marchenkoa6, Jorick S. Vinka7, Marco Limongia8, Emily M. Levesquea9 and Maryam Modjaza10

a1 Observatory of Geneva University, Switzerland email: georges.meynet@obs.unige.ch

a2 Space Telescope Science Institute, USA email: walborn@stsci.edu

a3 Queen's University of Belfast, UK email: i.hunter@qub.ac.uk

a4 Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Belgium, and, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France email: martayan@oma.be

a5 Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, USA email: marle@udel.edu

a6 Western Kentucky University, USA email: sergey.marchenko@wku.edu

a7 Armagh Observatory, UK email: jsv@arm.ac.uk

a8 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy, and Monash University, Australia email: marco@oa-roma.inaf.it

a9 University of Hawaii, USA email: emsque@IfA.Hawaii.Edu

a10 UC Berkeley Astronomy Department, USA email: mmodjaz@astro.berkeley.edu

Abstract

This paper reports the contributions made on the occasion of the Special Session entitled “Evolution of Massive Stars at Low Metallicity” which was held on Sunday, December 9, 2007 in Kauai (USA).

Keywords

  • stars: abundances;
  • early-type;
  • evolution;
  • mass loss;
  • emission-line;
  • Be;
  • rotation;
  • gamma rays: bursts
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