Hubble space telescope parallaxes of AM CVn stars and astrophysical consequences

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 666, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 1174-1188

  Roelofs, G H A ^a   Groot, P J ^a   Benedict, G F ^b   Mcarthur, B E ^b   Steeghs, D ^b,c   Morales Rueda, L ^a   Marsh, T R ^d   Nelemans, G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Stars: distances; Stars: individual (AM Canum Venaticorum, HP Librae, CR Bootis, V803 Centauri, GP comae berenices); Techniques: interferometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148832355     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520491     Document Type: Article

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