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Cambridge University Press (CUP), Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, S279(7), p. 118-121, 2011

DOI: 10.1017/s1743921312012781

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Searching for Wolf-Rayet Stars in M101

Journal article published in 2011 by J. L. Bibby, P. A. Crowther ORCID, A. F. J. Moffat, M. M. Shara, D. Zurek, L. Drissen
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Abstract

AbstractWolf-Rayet (WR) stars are the evolved descendants of massive O-type stars and are considered to be progenitor candidates for Type Ib/c core-collapse supernovae (SNe). Recent results of our HST/WFC3 survey of Wolf-Rayet stars in M101 are summarised based on the detection efficiency of narrow-band optical imaging compared to broad-band methods. We show that on average 42% of WR stars, increasing to ~85% in central regions, are only detected in the narrow-band imaging. Hence, the non-detection of a WR star at the location of ~10 Type Ib/c SNe in broad-band imaging is no longer strong evidence for a non-WR progenitor channel.

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