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The VLT–FLAMES Tarantula Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

C. J. Evans
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
N. Bastian
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
Y. Beletsky
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
I. Brott
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
M. Cantiello
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
J. S. Clark
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
P. A. Crowther
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
A. de Koter
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
S. E. de Mink
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
P. L. Dufton
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
P. Dunstall
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
M. Gieles
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
G. Gräfener
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
V. Hénault-Brunet
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
A. Herrero
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
I. D. Howarth
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
N. Langer
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
D. J. Lennon
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
J. Maíz Apellániz
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
N. Markova
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
F. Najarro
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
J. Puls
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
H. Sana
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
S. Simón-Díaz
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
S. J. Smartt
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
V. E. Stroud
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
W. D. Taylor
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
C. Trundle
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
J. Th. van Loon
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
J. S. Vink
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
N. R. Walborn
Affiliation:
UK ATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: chris.evans@stfc.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The Tarantula Survey is an ambitious ESO Large Programme that has obtained multi-epoch spectroscopy of over 1000 massive stars in the 30 Doradus region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Here, we introduce the scientific motivations of the survey and give an overview of the observational sample. Ultimately, quantitative analysis of every star, paying particular attention to the effects of rotational mixing and binarity, will be used to address fundamental questions in both stellar and cluster evolution.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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