October 22 2025 Discussion

Discussion 22 October 2025

Stellar evolution and the existence of supermassive stars

Three papers to discuss:

• Central Object of the 30 Doradus Nebula, a Supermassive Star by Cassinelli, J.P., Mathis, J.S., and Savage, B.D. 1981
• The Most Luminous Stars by Humphreys and Davidson 1984
• Two waves of massive stars running away from R136 by Stoop et. al. 2024

Colloquium discussion:

• No colloquium discussion this week.