Lopsided galaxies, weak interactions, and boosting the star formation rate

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 538, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 569-580

  Rudnick, Gregory ^a   Rix, Hans Walter ^a,b   Kennicutt Jr, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: structure; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034239568     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309169     Document Type: Article

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