The nature of the Galactic Center source IRS 13 revealed by high spatial resolution in the infrared

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 423, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-167

  Maillard, J P ^a   Paumard, T ^a   Stolovy, S R ^b   Rigaut, F ^c  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Gemini North Headquarter   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Infrared: stars; Instrumentation: adaptive optics; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DATA REDUCTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GALAXIES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONIZATION; OPTICS;

GALAXY:CENTER; INFRARED:STARS; INSTRUMENTATION:ADAPTIVE OPTICS; STARS:WOLF-RAYET;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 4043170012     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034147     Document Type: Article

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