The orbital period of the ultraluminous X-ray source in M82

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5760, 2006, Pages 491-

  Kaaret, Philip ^a   Simet, Melanie G ^a   Lang, Cornelia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINANCE; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 31544440733     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1121067     Document Type: Article

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