Star formation rates in disk galaxies and circumnuclear starbursts from cloud collisions

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 536, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 173-184

  Tan, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: starburst; ISM: clouds; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034631027     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308905     Document Type: Article

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