The UV scattering halo of the central source associated with η carinae

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 642, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1098-1116

  Millier, D John ^a   Gull, T ^b   Nielsen, K ^b,c   Sonneborn, G ^b   Iping, R ^b,c   Smith, Nathan ^d   Corcoran, M ^b   Damineli, A ^e   Hamann, F W ^f   Martin, J C ^g   Weis, K ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Code 662 ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

ⁱ Lise Meitner

Author keywords

Stars: atmospheres; Stars: early type; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: individual ( Carinae); Stars: mass loss; Ultraviolet: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746054176     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501225     Document Type: Article

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