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EAS Publications Series
Volume 64, 2013
Setting a New Standard in the Analysis of Binary Stars
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| Page(s) | 147 - 154 | |
| Section | Multiplicity Surveys | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1364021 | |
| Published online | 25 February 2014 | |
K. Pavlovski, A. Tkachenko and G. Torres (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 64 (2013) 147-154
The VLT-Flames Tarantula Survey: an overview of the VFTS results so far
1 Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey (VFTS) has acquired multi-epoch spectroscopy of over 800 O, B and Wolf-Rayet stars in the 30 Doradus region with the aim to investigate a number of important questions related to the evolution of massive stars and of cluster dynamics. In this paper, I first provide an overview of the scientific results obtained by the VFTS consortium so far. I then review the constraints obtained on the multiplicity properties of massive stars in 30 Dor and compare them to our recent results from a Milky Way sample.
The consortium members are as follows: Evans (PI), Bastian, Bestenlehner, Bonanos, Bressert, Brott, Cantiello, Clark, Crowther, de Koter, de Mink, Doran, Dufton, Dunstall, Garcia, Gieles, Graefener, Hénault-Brunet, Herrero, Howarth, Izzard, Kennedy, Köhler, Langer, Lau, Lennon, Maíz Apellániz, Markova, McEnvoy, Najarro, Puls, Ramírez-Agudelo, Sabín-Sanjulián, Sana, Schneider, Simón-Diáz, Smartt, Stroud, Taylor, van Loon, Vink, Walborn
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2014