Massive stars in the arches cluster

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 581, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 258-275

  Figer, Donald F ^a,b   Najarro, Francisco ^c   Gilmore, Diane ^a   Morris, Mark ^d   Kim, Sungsoo S ^d   Serabyn, Eugene ^e   McLean, Ian S ^d   Gilbert, Andrea M ^f   Graham, James R ^f   Larkin, James E ^d   Levenson, N A ^b   Teplitz, Harry ^g  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Infrared: stars; Open clusters and associations: individual (Arches); Stars: early type; Stars: formation; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043033138     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344154     Document Type: Article

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