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Changes in the P Cygni profile of the 1.083-μm He I line in the spectrum of the colliding-wind Wolf-Rayet system WR140 as it passes through periastron passage allow us to map the region where the fast winds of the WC7 and O5 stars collide.
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Williams, P., Varricatt, W., Adamson, A. (2013). Spectroscopic Tomography of a Wind-Collision Region. In: Adamson, A., Davies, J., Robson, I. (eds) Thirty Years of Astronomical Discovery with UKIRT. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_13
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