The first stellar abundance measurements in the Galactic center: The M supergiant IRS 7

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 530, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 307-322

  Carr, John S ^a   Sellgren, K ^b   Balachandran, Suchitra C ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Stars: abundances; Stars: late type; Supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034628168     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308340     Document Type: Article

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