The massive binary companion star to the progenitor of supernova 1993J

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6970, 2004, Pages 129-131

  Maund, Justyn R ^a   Smartt, Stephen J ^a   Kudritzki, Rolf P ^b   Podsiadlowski, Philipp ^c   Gilmore, Gerard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; HYDROGEN; PHOTOMETRY;

SUPERNOVAE;

ASTROPHYSICS;

HELIUM; HYDROGEN;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXPLOSION; MASS; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STAR; SUPERNOVA;

EID: 0347823187     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02161     Document Type: Article

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