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Red Supergiants

Red Supergiants is a stellar evolutionary phase representing massive stars that have exhausted core hydrogen and expanded into luminous, cool supergiants characterized by low surface temperatures and high luminosities following hydrogen shell burning and core contraction.

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Red Supergiant Stars

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Grids of stellar models with rotation

Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, P. Eggenberger et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2011 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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3C 273 : A Star-Like Object with Large Red-Shift

Maarten Schmidt · Nature · 1963 · 1K citations · Full text

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The death of massive stars - I. Observational constraints on the progenitors of Type II-P supernovae

S. J. Smartt, J. J. Eldridge, R. M. Crockett et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2009 · 781 citations · Full text

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Studies of luminous stars in nearby galaxies. I. Supergiants and O stars in the Milky Way.

R. M. Humphreys · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1978 · 734 citations

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NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND EVOLUTION OF MASSIVE METAL-FREE STARS

Alexander Heger, S. E. Woosley · The Astrophysical Journal · 2010 · 700 citations · Full text

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  1. GM
    G. Meynet

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    28 publications · 5K citations

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  2. PM
    Philip Massey

    Lowell Observatory, United States

    24 publications · 2.8K citations

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  3. BD
    Ben Davies

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    33 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. BP
    B. Plez

    Université de Montpellier, France

    22 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. AC
    A. Chiavassa

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    26 publications · 1.3K citations

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Institutions

641

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    46 h-index

    221 publications

    19.6K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    43 h-index

    190 publications

    11.6K citations

  3. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    34 h-index

    100 publications

    7.9K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    33 h-index

    80 publications

    7.8K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    33 h-index

    95 publications

    7.8K citations

  6. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    31 h-index

    87 publications

    6.3K citations

  7. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    29 h-index

    138 publications

    9.6K citations

  8. Kitt Peak National Observatory

    Tucson, United States

    27 h-index

    41 publications

    3.9K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 253 publications · 16.5K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    130 publications · 10.8K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    126 publications · 8.4K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 89 publications · 4.1K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    30 publications · 1.9K citations

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