Ph.D. Thesis:

The Presupernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars
Technische Universität München (1998)
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Main refereed papers that contain parts of the thesis:

Pulsations in red supergiants with high L/M ratio
Implications for the stellar and circumstellar structure of supernova progenitors

by A. Heger, L. Jeannin, N. Langer, & I. Baraffe (1997, MPA 1021, A&A 327, 224-230)

The spin-up of contracting red supergiants
by A. Heger & N. Langer (1998, MPA 1082, A&A 334, 210-220)

Presupernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars I:
Numerical Method and Evolution of the Internal Stellar Structure

by A. Heger, N. Langer, & S. E. Woosley (2000, ApJ, 528, 368-296)

Presupernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars II:
Evolution of the Surface Properties

by A. Heger & N. Langer (2001, ApJ, 544, 1016-1035; astro-ph/0005110)

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Diplom Thesis:

Stationäre Modelle für Wolf-Rayet Sterne mit optisch dicken Winden (German)
Part I (280 KB), Part II (125 KB)
Technische Universität München (1995)

This work has been summarized in a publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Stationary hydrodynamic models of Wolf-Rayet stars with optically thick winds
by A. Heger and N. Langer (1996, A&A 315, 421-430)

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Alexander Heger (alex@ucolick.org)