B stars as a diagnostic of star formation at low and high redshift

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 530, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 251-276

  De Mello, Duília F ^a   Leitherer, Claus ^a   Heckman, Timothy M ^b  

^a AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Evolution; Galaxies: Fundamental parameters; Galaxies: Starburst; Galaxies: Stellar content; Stars: Luminosity function, mass function; Ultraviolet: Stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034628158     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308358     Document Type: Article

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