Populations of high-luminosity density-bounded H II regions in spiral galaxies: Evidence and implications

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2728-2744

  Beckman, J E ^a,b   Rozas, M ^a   Zurita, A ^a   Watson, R A ^a   Knapen, J H ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 157, NGC 3359, NGC 6814, NGC 7479); Galaxies: spiral; H II regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000027268     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301380     Document Type: Article

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