Gas density, stability, and starbursts near the inner lindblad resonance of the milky way

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 614, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Stark, Antony A ^a   Martin, Christopher L ^a   Walsh, Wilfred M ^a   Xiao, Kecheng ^a   Lane, Adair P ^a   Walker, Christopher K ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Starburst; Galaxy: Structure; ISM: Clouds; ISM: Molecules; Stars: Formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844247185     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425304     Document Type: Article

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