On the structure and morphology of the "diffuse ionized medium" in star-forming galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 515, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 97-107

  Wang, Jing ^a   Heckman, Timothy M ^a   Lehnert, Matthew D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: spiral; H II regions; ISM: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033541215     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307008     Document Type: Article

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