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WR + OB Binary Systems: Observational Evidence of Their Formation as a Result of Mass Exchange

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An analysis of observational data shows that, in most cases,Wolf–Rayet (WR) stars in known WR+ OB binary systems were formed as a result of mass transfer in initial OB + OB systems, rather than through radial mass loss by the more massive OB star via its stellar wind.

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Original Russian Text © A.M. Cherepashchuk, 2018, published in Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2018, Vol. 95, No. 9, pp. 602–608.

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Cherepashchuk, A.M. WR + OB Binary Systems: Observational Evidence of Their Formation as a Result of Mass Exchange. Astron. Rep. 62, 567–573 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772918090032

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