H II regions in spiral galaxies: Size distribution, luminosity function, and new isochrone diagnostics of density-wave kinematics

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 5 1775, 2003, Pages 2317-2329

  Oey, M S ^a   Parker, Jeffrey S ^b,e   Mikles, Valerie J ^c,f   Zhang, Xiaolei ^d  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UCB 450   (United States)

^f University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: spiral; H II regions; ISM: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346938578     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378163     Document Type: Article

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