The geometry of the H I of several members of the M81 group: The H I is fractal

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 868-880

  Westpfahl, David J ^a   Coleman, Paul H ^a,b   Alexander, Jordan ^a,c   Tongue, Thomas ^a,d  

^a Astrophysics Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Imagiware Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual; Galaxies: ISM; ISM: clouds; ISM: H I; ISM: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040117096     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300717     Document Type: Article

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