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Wolf-Rayet Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Karel A. van der Hucht
Affiliation:
1 Space Research Organization Netherlands, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Bambang Hidayat
Affiliation:
2 ITB Observatorium Bosscha, Lembang, West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

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A WR binary frequency of 37% is found in the VIIth Catalogue of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars. Indications are that perhaps all WR stars are binaries and thus that all WR stars point to massive binary formation regions.

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Type
III. Main Sequence Binary Statistics
Copyright
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