Gravitational instability and star formation in disc galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 306, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 181-190

  Pandey, U S ^a,b   Van De Bruck, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: general; Galaxies: ISM; Instabilities; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF GASES; EFFICIENCY; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; METALS; STARS;

DISK GALAXIES; GALAXIES GENERAL; GALAXIES: ISM; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GENERAL - STARS; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; METALLICITIES; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; STAR FORMATION RATES; STARS FORMATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0040195858     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02474.x     Document Type: Article

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