The orbital period of the wolf-rayet binary IC 10 X-1: Dynamic evidence that the compact object is a black hole

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 669, Issue 1 PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Prestwich, A H ^a   Kilgard, R ^a,b   Crowther, P A ^c   Carpano, S ^d   Pollock, A M T ^d   Zezas, A ^a   Saar, S H ^a   Roberts, T P ^e   Ward, M J ^e  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: starburst; Stars: Wolf Rayet; X rays: binaries; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449134287     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523755     Document Type: Article

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