Clusters in the inner spiral arms of M 51: The cluster IMF and the formation history

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 397, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 473-486

  Bik, A ^a,b   Lamers, H J G L M ^a,c   Bastian, N ^a   Panagia, N ^d   Romaniello, M ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: M 51; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: starburst

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DIGITAL FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH;

BROADBAND FILTERS; INDIVIDUAL GALAXIES; INNER SPIRAL ARMS; SOLAR METALLICITY; STAR CLUSTERS; STAR FORMATION; STARBURST;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0037243750     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021384     Document Type: Article

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