Star formation triggering mechanisms in dwarf galaxies: The far-ultraviolet, Hα, and H I morphology of holmberg II

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 529, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 201-218

  Stewart, Susan G ^a   Fanelli, Michael N ^b   Byrd, Gene G ^c   Hill, Jesse K ^d   Westpfahl, David J ^e   Cheng, Kwang Ping ^f   O'Connell, Robert W ^g   Roberts, Morton S ^h   Neff, Susan G ⁱ   Smith, Andrew M ⁱ   Stecher, Theodore P ⁱ  

^a US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual (DDO 50); Galaxies: ISM; Stars: formation; Ultraviolet: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034687982     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308241     Document Type: Article

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