WR 20a is an eclipsing binary: Accurate determination of parameters for an extremely massive wolf-rayet system

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 611, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Bonanos, A Z ^a   Stanek, K Z ^a   Udalski, A ^b   Wyrzykowski, L ^b,c   Zebrun K ^b   Kubiak, M ^b   Szymanski M K ^b   Szewczyk, O ^b   Pietrzynski G ^b,d   Soszynski I ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Binaries: eclipsing; Binaries: spectroscopic; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: individual (WR 20a); Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644259939     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423671     Document Type: Article

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