An optical study of stellar and interstellar environments of seven luminous and ultraluminous X-ray sources

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 641, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 241-251

  Ramsey, Caitlin J ^a   Williams, Rosa M ^a,b   Gruendl, Robert A ^a   Chen, C H Rosie ^a   Chu, You Hua ^a,c   Wang, Q Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (Holmberg II, Holmberg IX, IC 10, IC 342, LMC, M81, NGC 1313); H II regions; ISM: bubbles; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745312007     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499070     Document Type: Article

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