Rotation is thought to be a major factor in the evolution of massive stars—especially at low
metallicity—with consequences for their chemical yields, ionizing flux, and final fate. Deriving …

Context. The 30 Doradus (30 Dor) region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, also known as the
Tarantula nebula, is the nearest starburst region. It contains the richest population of …

Context. With growing evidence for the existence of very massive stars at subsolar metallicity,
there is an increased need for corresponding stellar evolution models.Aims. We present a …

The evolution and fate of very massive stars (VMS) is tightly connected to their mass-loss
properties. Their initial and final masses differ significantly as a result of mass loss. VMS have …

Context. Massive binaries play a crucial role in the Universe. Knowing the distributions of
their orbital parameters is important for a wide range of topics from stellar feedback to binary …

Massive stars rapidly change their masses through strong stellar winds and mass transfer in
binary systems. The latter aspect is important for populations of massive stars as more than …

Context. The recent gravitational wave measurements have demonstrated the existence of
stellar mass black hole binaries. It is essential for our understanding of massive star evolution …

Detailed spectral classifications are presented for 352 O–B0 stars in the VLT-FLAMES
Tarantula Survey ESO Large Programme, of which 213 O-type are judged of sufficiently high …

Recent high-quality Hubble Space Telescope photometry shows that the main-sequence stars
of young star clusters form two discrete components in the colour–magnitude diagram. On …

Context. The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey has an extensive view of the copious number of
massive stars in the 30 Doradus (30 Dor) star forming region of the Large Magellanic Cloud…