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An X-ray survey of Wolf-Rayet galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Ian R. Stevens  and
David K. Strickland
Ian R. Stevens
Affiliation:
The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
David K. Strickland
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218-2686, USA

Abstract

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We report on an ongoing survey of the X-ray properties of Wolf-Rayet galaxies. The current sample now has 14 detections, as well as a number of upper-limits. WR galaxies have soft thermal X-ray spectra with properties consistent with an origin from superbubbles in a young starburst.

Type
Part 5. Wolf-Rayet stars and other massive stars in starburst galaxies: the case of Wolf-Rayet galaxies (integrated spectra)
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 620 - 621
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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