A rich population of X-ray-emitting wolf-rayet stars in the galactic starburst cluster westerlund 1

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 639, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Skinner, S L ^a   Simmons, A E ^a   Zhekov, S A ^b   Teodoro, M ^c   Damineli, A ^c   Palla, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Faculty of Physics Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Open clusters and associations: individual (Westerlund 1); Stars: formation; Stars: Wolf Rayet; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645000246     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502627     Document Type: Article

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