Fundamental properties and atmospheric structure of the red supergiant VY Canis Majoris based on VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometry

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 540, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wittkowski, M ^a   Hauschildt, P H ^b   Arroyo Torres, B ^c   Marcaide, J M ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

stars: atmospheres; stars: fundamental parameters; stars: individual: VY CMa; stars: mass loss; supergiants

Indexed keywords

STARS: ATMOSPHERE; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: VY CMA; STARS: MASS-LOSS; STARS:FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; SUPERGIANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; INTERFEROMETRY; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TELESCOPES;

STARS;

EID: 84859485974     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219126     Document Type: Article

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