Massive star formation in luminous infrared galaxies: Giant H II regions and their relation to super-star clusters

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1 1759, 2002, Pages 166-182

  Alonso Herrero, Almudena ^a   Rieke, George H ^a   Rieke, Marcia J ^a   Scoville, Nick Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: star clusters; H II regions; Infrared radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042022036     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340963     Document Type: Article

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