From luminous hot stars to starburst galaxies / Peter S. Conti, Paul A. Crowther, Claus Leitherer.

Luminous hot stars represent the extreme upper mass end of normal stellar evolution. Before exploding as supernovae, they live out their lives of a few million years with prodigious outputs of radiation and stellar winds, dramatically affecting both their evolution and environments. A detailed intro...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author:	Conti, P. S. (Peter S.)
Other Authors:	Crowther, Paul A., Leitherer, Claus
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:	Cambridge astrophysics series ; 45.
Subjects:	Starbursts. Gamma ray bursts. Stars > Evolution. Stellar winds.