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astro-ph2008★ 72 cited

NLTE model calculations for the solar atmosphere with an iterative treatment of opacity distribution functions

M. Haberreiter, W. Schmutz, I. Hubeny

Modeling the variability of the solar spectral irradiance is a key factor for understanding the solar influence on the climate of the Earth. As a first step to calculating the sola…

astro-ph2008★ 27 cited

POLAR Investigation of the Sun - POLARIS

T. Appourchaux, P. Liewer, M. Watt +34

The POLAR Investigation of the Sun (POLARIS) mission uses a combination of a gravity assist and solar sail propulsion to place a spacecraft in a 0.48 AU circular orbit around the S…

astro-ph2007★ 109 cited

Solving the discrepancy between the seismic and photospheric solar radius

Margit Haberreiter, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Werner Schmutz

Two methods are used to observationally determine the solar radius: One is the observation of the intensity profile at the limb, the other one uses f-mode frequencies to derive a '…

astro-ph2007★ 21 cited

XMM-Newton X-ray Observations of the Wolf-Rayet Binary System WR 147

S. L. Skinner, S. A. Zhekov, M. Guedel +1

We present results of a 20 ksec X-ray observation of the Wolf-Rayet (WR) binary system WR 147 obtained with XMM-Newton. Previous studies have shown that this system consists of a n…

astro-ph2005★ 32 cited

Observations of Binary and Single Wolf-Rayet Stars with XMM-Newton and Chandra

S. Skinner, M. Guedel, W. Schmutz +1

We present an overview of recent X-ray observations of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars with XMM-Newton and Chandra. A new XMM spectrum of the nearby WN8 + OB binary WR 147 shows hard absorbe…

astro-ph2005★ 49 cited

A Spectroscopic Search for the non-nuclear Wolf-Rayet Population of the metal-rich spiral galaxy M83

Lucy Hadfield, Paul Crowther, Hans Schild +1

We present a catalogue of non-nuclear regions containing Wolf-Rayet stars in the metal-rich spiral galaxy M83 (NGC5236). From a total of 283 candidate regions identified using HeII…

astro-ph2004★ 153 cited

Hydrodynamic model atmospheres for WR stars: Self-consistent modeling of a WC star wind

G. Gräfener, W. -R. Hamann

We present the first non-LTE atmosphere models for WR stars that incorporate a self-consistent solution of the hydrodynamic equations. The models account for iron-group line-blanke…

astro-ph2004★ 68 cited

Wind clumping and the wind-wind collision zone in the Wolf-Rayet binary gamma Velorum

H. Schild, M. Guedel, R. Mewe +7

We present XMM-Newton observations of gamma^2 Velorum (WR 11, WC8+O7.5III, P = 78.53 d), a nearby Wolf-Ray binary system, at its X-ray high and low states. At high state, emission…

astro-ph2004★ 12 cited

An exceptional population of late-type WC stars in the metal-rich spiral galaxy

Paul Crowther, Lucy Hadfield, Hans Schild +1

We have surveyed the metal-rich spiral galaxy M83 (NGC5236) for its Wolf-Rayet population using VLT-FORS2 narrow-band imaging and follow-up spectroscopy. From a total of 280 candid…

astro-ph2002★ 45 cited

A large Wolf-Rayet population in NGC300 uncovered by VLT-FORS2

H. Schild, P. A. Crowther, J. B. Abbott +1

We have detected 58 Wolf-Rayet candidates in the central region of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300, based on deep VLT-FORS2 narrow-band imaging. Our survey is close to complete ex…

astro-ph2002★ 37 cited

XMM-Newton and VLA Observations of the Variable Wolf-Rayet Star EZ CMa: Evidence for a Close Companion?

S. L. Skinner, S. A. Zhekov, M. Guedel +1

We present new X-ray and radio observations of the WR star EZ CMa (HD 50896) obtained with XMM-Newton and the VLA. This WN4 star shows optical/UV variability at a period of 3.76 d…

astro-ph2002★ 44 cited

XMM-Newton Detection of Hard X-ray Emission in the Nitrogen-Type Wolf-Rayet Star WR110

S. L. Skinner, S. A. Zhekov, M. Guedel +1

We have used the excellent sensitivity of XMM-Newton to obtain the first high-quality X-ray spectrum of a Wolf-Rayet (WR) star which is not known to be a member of a binary system.…

astro-ph2001★ 65 cited

2 um Narrow-band Adaptive Optics Imaging in the Arches Cluster

R. D. Blum, D. Schaerer, A. Pasquali +3

Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope adaptive optics bonnette images through narrow-band filters in the band are presented for the Arches cluster. Continuum fluxes, line fluxes, and…

astro-ph2000★ 15 cited

High resolution spectroscopy of symbiotic stars. VI. Orbital and stellar parameters for AR Pav

H. Schild, T. Dumm, U. Muerset +3

We present new dynamical parameters of the AR Pav binary system. Ourobservations consist of a series of high resolution optical/NIR spectra from which we derive the radial velocity…