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Table 1
Main characteristics of several reference studies that investigate the rotational properties of high-mass stars in the Milky Way (MW), and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC), covering the whole O-star domain.
| Study | Galaxy | Sample size (O stars) | v sin i/vmac separation | Spectroscopic parameters | Specific SB study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This work | MW | 285 | Yes | Yes | SB1 |
| Conti & Ebbets (1977) | MW | 205 | No | No | No |
| Penny (1996) | MW | 177 | No | No | No |
| Howarth et al. (1997) | MW | 225 | No | No | No |
| Simón-Díaz & Herrero (2014) | MW | 116 | Yes | No | No |
| Markova et al. (2014) | MW | 39 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Penny & Gies (2009) | SMC/LMC | 39/70 | No | No | No |
| Ramírez-Agudelo et al. (2013, 2015) | LMC | 326 | Yes | No | SB1, SB2 |
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