The origin of massive O-type field stars I. A search for clusters

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 425, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 937-948

  De Wit, W J ^a   Testi, L ^a   Palla, F ^a   Vanzi, L ^b   Zinnecker, H ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Stars: early type; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

DYNAMICAL EJECTION; STARS:EARLY-TYPE; STARS:FORMATION; STELLAR DENSITY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 5544291851     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040454     Document Type: Article

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