The VLT-FLAMES tarantula survey: X. Evidence for a bimodal distribution of rotational velocities for the single early B-type stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 550, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dufton, P L ^a   Langer, N ^b   Dunstall, P R ^a   Evans, C J ^c   Brott, I ^d   De Mink, S E ^e,f   Howarth, I D ^g   Kennedy, M ^a   McEvoy, C ^a   Potter, A T ^h   Ramirez Agudelo O H ⁱ   Sana, H ⁱ   Simon Diaz S ^j,k   Taylor, W ^l   Vink, J S ^m  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e STScI   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^m ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Magellanic Clouds; Stars: early type; Stars: magnetic field; Stars: massive; Stars: rotation

Indexed keywords

MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; STARS: EARLY-TYPE; STARS: MAGNETIC FIELD; STARS: MASSIVE; STARS: ROTATION;

ESTIMATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; STARS; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84885975160     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220273     Document Type: Review

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