An extragalactic supernebula confined by gravity

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6940, 2003, Pages 621-623

  Turner, J L ^a   Beck, S C ^b   Crosthwalte, L P ^a,c   Larkin, J E ^a   McLean, I S ^a   Meler, D S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Astute Networks   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; HYDROGEN; SOLAR SYSTEM;

GLOBULAR CLUSTERS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; GRAVITY; INFRARED RADIATION; IONIZATION; LUMINANCE; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION;

EID: 0038511204     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01689     Document Type: Article

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