{
  "id": "1007.4336",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2010-07-25T17:16:45.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-07-25T17:16:45.000Z",
  "title": "Spectropolarimetry of Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Magellanic Clouds: Constraining the Progenitors of Gamma-ray Bursts",
  "authors": [
    "Jorick S. Vink et al."
  ],
  "comment": "PDF file (4 pages, 7 figs) ESO Messenger",
  "journal": "ESO The Messenger, 2010, vol. 140, p. 46-49",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.SR",
    "astro-ph.CO",
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "Wolf-Rayet stars have been identified as objects in their final phase of massive star evolution. It has been suggested that Wolf-Rayet stars are the progenitors of long-duration gamma ray bursts in low metallicity environments. However, this deduction has yet to be proven. Here we report on our initial results from a VLT/FORS linear spectropolarimetry survey of Wolf-Rayet stars in the Magellanic Clouds, which is intended to constrain the physical criteria - such as weaker stellar winds, rapid rotation, and associated asymmetry - of the collapsar model. Finally, we provide an outlook for polarisation studies with an extremely large telescope.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2010-07-25T17:16:45.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "wolf-rayet stars",
      "magellanic clouds",
      "gamma-ray bursts",
      "progenitors",
      "vlt/fors linear spectropolarimetry survey"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 862648,
      "adsabs": "2010Msngr.140...46V"
    }
  }
}