Progress in Model Atmosphere Studies of Wolf-rayet Stars
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Recent progress in the quantitative analysis of Wolf-Rayet stars is reviewed, emphasising the role played by choice of spectral diagnostics, clumping and line-blanketing on derived stellar properties. The ionizing properties of WR stars are discussed, based on clumped, line-blanketed models for WN and WC stars. The role of metallicity and mass-loss is assessed, and the role of H ii regions as probes of predicted Lyman continuum distributions. Suggestions are made for diierences in observed properties of WCE and WO subtypes.
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