• DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20066495
Corpus ID: 17776145

Early-type stars in the core of the young open cluster Westerlund 2 ⋆⋆⋆

@article{Rauw2006EarlytypeSI,
  title={Early-type stars in the core of the young open cluster Westerlund 2 ⋆⋆⋆},
  author={G. Rauw and J. Manfroid and E. Gosset and Y. Naz'e and H. Sana and M. D. Becker and C. Foellmi and A. Moffat},
  journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
  year={2006},
  volume={463},
  pages={981-991}
}

G. Rauw, J. Manfroid, +5 authors A. Moffat

Published 2006

Physics

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Aims. The properties of the early-type stars in the core of the Westerlund 2 cluster are examined in order to establish a link bet ween the cluster and the very massive Wolf-Rayet binary WR 20a as well as the Hii complex RCW 49. Methods. Photometric monitoring as well as spectroscopic observations of Westerlund 2 are used to search for light variability and to establish the spectral types of the early-type stars in the c luster core. Results. The first light curves of the eclipsing binary WR… CONTINUE READING

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