Evidence of a supernova origin for the black hole in the system GRO J1655 - 40

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6749, 1999, Pages 142-144

  Israellan, G ^a   Rebolo, R ^a   Basri, G ^b   Casaras, J ^a   Martini, E L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; SILICON; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033539176     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43625     Document Type: Article

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