A deep survey for galactic Wolf-Rayet stars. II. Implications for galactic structure and massive star formation

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 390-405

  Shara, Michael M ^a   Moffat, Anthony F J ^b   Smith, Lindsey F ^c   Niemela, Virpi S ^d,e   Potter, Michael ^a   Lamontagne, Robert ^b  

^a AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^e Universidad Nacional de La Plata Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Stars: Wolf Rayet; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000826765     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300908     Document Type: Article

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