S. de Wit, A.Z. Bonanos, K. Antoniadis, E. Zapartas, A. Ruiz, N. Britavskiy, E. Christodoulou, K. De, G. Maravelias, G. Munoz-Sanchez, A. Tsopela Mass loss during the red supergiant (RSG) phase plays a crucial role in the evolution of an intermediate massive star, however, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. We …
Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: I. Spectroscopy of dusty massive stars in ten southern galaxies A.Z. Bonanos, F. Tramper, S. de Wit, E. Christodoulou, G. Munoz-Sanchez, K. Antoniadis, S. Athanasiou, G. Maravelias, M. Yang, E. Zapartas The ASSESS project aims to determine the role of episodic mass-loss …
Introducing the ASSESS project: Episodic Mass Loss in Evolved Massive Stars – Key to Understanding the Explosive Early Universe A.Z. Bonanos, G. Maravelias, M. Yang, F. Tramper, S. de Wit, E. Zapartas, K. Antoniadis, E. Christodoulou, G. Munoz-Sanchez Episodic mass loss is not understood theoretically, neither accounted for in state-of-the-art …
Environments of evolved massive stars: evidence for episodic mass ejections M. Kraus, L. S. Cidale, M. L. Arias, A. F. Torres, I. Kolka, G. Maravelias, D. H. Nickeler, W. Glatzel and T. Liimets The post-main sequence evolutionary path of massive stars comprises various transition phases, in which the stars shed …
