Searching for wolf-rayet stars in I Zw 18: The origin of He II emission

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 507, Issue 1 PART I, 1998, Pages 199-209

  De Mello, Duília F ^a   Schaerer, Daniel ^b   Heldmann, Jennifer ^c   Leitherer, Claus ^a  

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

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Individual (i zw 18); Galaxies: Stellar content; Stars: Wolf rayet

Indexed keywords

EID: 26544447008     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/306317     Document Type: Article

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