The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: I. Introduction and observational overview

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 530, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Evans, C J ^a   Taylor, W D ^b   Henault Brunet V ^b   Sana, H ^c   De Koter, A ^c,d   Simon Diaz S ^e,f   Carraro, G ^g   Bagnoli, T ^c   Bastian, N ^h,i   Bestenlehner, J M ^j   Bonanos, A Z ^k   Bressert, E ^i,l,m   Brott, I ^d,n   Campbell, M A ^b   Cantiello, M ^o   Clark, J S ^p   Costa, E ^q   Crowther, P A ^r   De Mink, S E ^s   Doran, E ^r   Dufton, P L ^t   Dunstall, P R ^t   Friedrich, K ^o   Garcia, M ^e,f   Gieles, M ^u   Grafener G ^j   Herrero, A ^e,f   Howarth, I D ^v   Izzard, R G ^o   Langer, N ^o   Lennon, D J ^s   Maiz Apellaniz J ^w   Markova, N ^x   Najarro, F ^y   Puls, J ^z   Ramirez, O H ^c   Sabin Sanjulian C ^e,f   Smartt, S J ^t   Stroud, V E ^p,aa   Van Loon, J Th ^ab   Vink, J S ^j   Walborn, N R ^s   more..

^a UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^h EXCELLENCE CLUSTER UNIVERSE   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^j ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

^k NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^l EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^m HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^p OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^s STScI   (United States)

^t QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^w INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^x BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^y CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^z UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^ab KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

binaries: spectroscopic; open clusters and associations: individual: 30 Doradus; stars: early; stars: fundamental parameters; stars: Wolf Rayet; type

Indexed keywords

BINARIES: SPECTROSCOPIC; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: INDIVIDUAL: 30 DORADUS; STARS: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; STARS: WOLF-RAYET; TYPE;

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SURVEYS;

STARS;

EID: 79956350757     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116782     Document Type: Review

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