Molecular gas depletion and starbursts in luminous infrared galaxy mergers

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 512, Issue 2 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  Gao, Yu ^a,b,c   Solomon, Philip M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Evolution; Galaxies: Interactions; Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: Nuclei; Galaxies: Starburst; Infrared: Galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033585669     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/311878     Document Type: Article

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