Two extremely luminous WN stars in the Galactic center with circumstellar emission from dust and gas

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 486, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 971-984

  Barniske, A ^a   Oskinova, L M ^a   Hamann, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; Hii regions; Stars: individual: WR 102c; Stars: individual: WR 102ka; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DUST; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GALAXIES; HYDROGEN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NONMETALS; PLASMA WAVES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BAND SPECTRUM; CENTRAL REGION; CIRCUMSTELLAR; DUST EMISSIONS; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; GALACTIC CENTER (GC); IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT; INTENSE (CO); IR IMAGES; LUMINOUS STARS; MASS LOSSES; MASSIVE STARS; MILKY WAY; MODEL ATMOSPHERE; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; POTSDAM; ROTATIONAL TRANSITIONS; SHELL MODEL (SM); SPECTRA (CO); SPITZER; STAR CLUSTERS; STELLAR PARAMETERS; STELLAR SPECTRA; STELLAR WINDS; WOLF-RAYET;

STARS;

EID: 47749130448     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809568     Document Type: Article

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