Binary central stars of planetary nebulae discovered through photometric variability. I. What we know and what we would like to find out

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 323-336

  De Marco, Orsola ^a   Hillwig, Todd C ^b   Smith, A J ^a,c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Planetary nebulae: general; Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: evolution; Stars: statistics; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949100562     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/136/1/323     Document Type: Article

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