Late-type red supergiants: Too cool for the magellanic clouds?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 667, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 202-212

  Levesque, Emily M ^a,e,f,g   Massey, Philip ^b,e,f,g   Olsen, K A G ^c   Plez, Bertrand ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f University of Space Research Association   (United States)

^g NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: evolution; Stars: late type; Stars: mass loss; Supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348919955     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520797     Document Type: Article

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