The first linear polarization spectra of Wolf-Rayet stars in the ultraviolet: EZ canis majoris and θ muscae

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 391, Issue 1 PART 2, 1992, Pages

  Schulte Ladbeck, R E ^a,b   Nordsieck, K H ^a   Code, A D ^a   Anderson, C M ^a   Babler, B L ^a   Bjorkman, K S ^a   Clayton, G C ^a,c   Magalhaes A M ^a,d   Meade, M R ^a   Shepherd, D ^a   Taylor, M ^a   Whitney, B A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarization; Stars: individual (EZ Canis Majoris, Muscae); Stars: mass loss; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644294076     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/186393     Document Type: Article

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