Wang, Gui-Yu https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3654-8775
Shao, Yong https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2506-6906
He, Jian-Guo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3862-0726
Nie, Yu-Dong https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4482-6350
Xu, Xiao-Jie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3614-1070
Li, Xiang-Dong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0584-8145
Funding for this research was provided by:
MOST ∣ National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFA1607902)
MOST ∣ National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFA0718500)
MOST ∣ National Natural Science Foundation of China (12041301)
MOST ∣ National Natural Science Foundation of China (12121003)
MOST ∣ National Natural Science Foundation of China (12373034)
Article Title: A Rare Population of Intermediate-mass Helium Stars between Hot Subdwarfs and Wolf–Rayet Stars
Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Publication dates
Date Received: 2025-12-11
Date Accepted: 2026-05-11
Online publication date: 2026-06-03