Rotational velocities of A-type stars*,** III. Velocity distributions

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 463, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 671-682

  Royer, F ^a   Zorec, J ^b   Gomez A E ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Stars: early type; Stars: rotation

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROTATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ERROR DISTRIBUTIONS; ROTATIONAL AXES; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 33847389777     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065224     Document Type: Article

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