Star formation triggered by galaxy collisions

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6705, 1998, Pages 859-862

  Genzel, Reinhard ^a   Lutz, Dieter ^a   Tacconi, Linda ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 0032578828     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27597     Document Type: Article

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