2 papers
astro-ph2005
On the Origin of the most massive stars around R136
B. R. Brandl, S. Portegies Zwart, A. J. F. Moffat +1
We discuss the signature of a peculiar constellation of very massive stars at a projected distance of 2-3 pc around R136a. We discuss various scenarios for its possible origin, suc…
astro-ph2004
Spitzer/IRS Observations of the Redshift 3.91 quasar APM 08279+5255
B. T. Soifer, V. Charmandaris, B. R. Brandl +14
The Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) onboard the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) has been used to obtain low and moderate resolution spectra of the dust and gas-rich quasar APM08279+5255…