Conversion law of infrared luminosity to star-formation rate for galaxies

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 539-543

  Inoue, Akio K ^a   Hirashita, Hiroyuki ^a   Kamaya, Hideyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Infrared: galaxies; ISM: dust; Methods: analytical; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

DUST; LUMINANCE; PHOTONS; STARS; GALAXIES;

DERIVED FORMULAE; FISH-EYE; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; INFRARED EMISSIONS; INFRARED GALAXIES; INFRARED LUMINOSITY; ISM:DUST; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; STAR FORMATION RATES; STARS FORMATION; H II REGIONS;

GALAXIES; DUST;

EID: 0034341909     PISSN: 00046264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/52.3.539     Document Type: Article

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