The Galactic WC stars - Stellar parameters from spectral analyses indicate a new evolutionary sequence

A. Sander; W.-R. Hamann; H. Todt

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Issue		A&A Volume 540, April 2012


Article Number		A144
Number of page(s)		79
Section		Stellar atmospheres
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117830
Published online		18 April 2012

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