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Wolf-rayet Progenitors

Wolf-Rayet Progenitors is a theoretical construct denoting a massive stellar progenitor system in a late evolutionary stage characterized by strong stellar winds and depleted hydrogen envelopes, specifically distinguished by its origin from a Wolf-Rayet star immediately prior to core-collapse supernova.

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Gamma-ray bursts from stellar mass accretion disks around black holes

S. E. Woosley · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 2.5K citations

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Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae

S. J. Smartt · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2009 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Physical Properties of Wolf-Rayet Stars

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 979 citations · Full text

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Presupernova Evolution of Massive Single and Binary Stars

N. Langer · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2012 · 954 citations · Full text

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The Evolution of Rotating Stars

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2000 · 832 citations · Full text

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    Philip Massey

    Lowell Observatory, United States

    33 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. AF
    A. F. J. Moffat

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    43 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. NL
    N. Langer

    University of Bonn, Germany

    31 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. PA
    P. A. Crowther

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    25 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. WH
    W.‐R. Hamann

    University of Potsdam, Germany

    19 publications · 1.5K citations

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489

  1. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    26 h-index

    45 publications

    3K citations

  2. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    44 publications

    3.9K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    22 h-index

    67 publications

    6.7K citations

  4. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    22 h-index

    39 publications

    4.3K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    22 h-index

    87 publications

    6.8K citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    21 h-index

    33 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    20 h-index

    46 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    42 publications

    4.2K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 197 publications · 16.7K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    96 publications · 6.2K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    95 publications · 6.1K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 45 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

    PASP · 21 publications · 650 citations

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