Multiwavelength survey of WR stars in LMC

We have conducted a comprehensive, multiwavelength study of the interstellar/circumstellar environments of WR stars, using the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey images in the H{alpha}, [OIII], and [SII] lines; Spitzer Space Telescope 8 and 24{mu}m images; Blanco 4m Telescope H{alpha} CCD images; and Australian Telescope Compact Array + Parkes Telescope HI data cube of the LMC.

We have also examined whether the WR stars are in OB associations, classified the HII environments of WR stars, and used this information to qualitatively assess the WR stars' evolutionary stages. The 30 Dor giant HII region has active star formation and hosts young massive clusters, thus we have made statistical analyses for 30 Dor and the rest of the LMC both separately and altogether. Due to the presence of massive young clusters, the WR population in 30 Dor is quite different from that from elsewhere in the LMC.