WR 20a: A massive cornerstone binary system comprising two extreme early-type stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 420, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Rauw, G ^a   De Becker, M ^a   Naze Y ^a   Crowther, P A ^b   Gosset, E ^a   Sana, H ^a   Van Der Hucht, K A ^c,d   Vreux, J M ^a   Williams, P M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binaries: spectroscopic; Stars: early type; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: individual: WR 20a

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE RESEARCH; TELESCOPES;

BINARY SYSTEMS; EMISSION LINES; RADIAL VELOCITIES; STARS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 2942553897     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040150     Document Type: Article

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