Molecular gas and the modest star formation efficiency in the "Antennae" galaxies: ARP 244 = NGC 4038/9

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 548, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 172-189

  Gao, Yu ^a,b,c   Lo, K Y ^c,d   Lee, S W ^b,d   Lee, T H ^d,e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 4038 9); Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: starburst; Infrared: galaxies; ISM : molecules; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035835520     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318682     Document Type: Article

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