Star formation efficiency in the central 1 kiloparsec region of early-type spiral galaxies

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2415-2422

  Inoue, Akio K ^a   Hirashita, Hiroyuki ^a   Kamaya, Hideyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: starburst; Galaxies: structure; ISM: structure; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040435599     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316801     Document Type: Article

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