Bibcode
Evans, C.; Taylor, W.; Sana, H.; Hénault-Brunet, V.; Bagnoli, T.; Bastian, N.; Bestenlehner, J.; Bonanos, A.; Bressert, E.; Brott, I.; Campbell, M.; Cantiello, M.; Carraro, G.; Clark, S.; Costa, E.; Crowther, P.; de Koter, A.; de Mink, S. E.; Doran, E.; Dufton, P.; Dunstall, P.; Garcia, M.; Gieles, M.; Gräfener, G.; Herrero, A.; Howarth, I.; Izzard, R.; Köhler, K.; Langer, N.; Lennon, D.; Maíz Apellániz, J.; Markova, N.; Najarro, P.; Puls, J.; Ramirez, O.; Sabín-Sanjulián, C.; Simón-Díaz, S.; Smartt, S.; Stroud, V.; van Loon, J.; Vink, J. S.; Walborn, N.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Messenger, vol. 145, p. 33-38
Fecha de publicación:
9
2011
Número de citas
9
Número de citas referidas
5
Descripción
We introduce the VLT FLAMES Tarantula Survey, an ESO Large Programme
from which we have obtained optical spectroscopy of over 800 massive
stars in the spectacular 30 Doradus region of the Large Magellanic
Cloud. A key feature is the use of multi-epoch observations to provide
strong constraints on the binary fraction. This is the largest high
quality survey of extragalactic massive stars ever assembled, and is
already providing exciting new insights into their evolution,
multiplicity and formation.