{
  "id": "1406.4836",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2014-06-18T18:51:33.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-06-18T18:51:33.000Z",
  "title": "Very Massive Stars in the Local Universe",
  "authors": [
    "Jorick S. Vink"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, Introductory Chapter to the Book on Very Massive Stars in the Local Universe, Springer, Ed. Jorick S. Vink",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.SR",
    "astro-ph.CO",
    "astro-ph.GA",
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "Recent studies suggest the existence of very massive stars (VMS) up to 300 solar masses in the local Universe. As this finding may represent a paradigm shift for the canonical stellar upper-mass limit of 150 solar masses, it is timely to evaluate the physics specific to VMS, which is currently missing. For this reason, we decided to construct a book entailing both a discussion of the accuracy of VMS masses (Martins), as well as the physics of VMS formation (Krumholz), mass loss (Vink), instabilities (Owocki), evolution (Hirschi), and fate (theory -- Woosley & Heger; observations -- Smith).",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2014-06-18T18:51:33.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "local universe",
      "massive stars",
      "solar masses",
      "canonical stellar upper-mass limit",
      "vms formation"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "book chapter"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1007/978-3-319-09596-7"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1301207,
      "adsabs": "2015ASSL..412.....V"
    }
  }
}