High spatial resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of NGC 5253: The stellar content of the embedded super-star cluster

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 429, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 449-467

  Martin Hernandez N L ^a   Schaerer, D ^a,b   Sauvage, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: NGC 5253; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: starburst; Infrared: galaxies; ISM: H II regions; ISM: lines and bands

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTONS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ISM; LINES AND BANDS; STAR CLUSTERS; STARBUST;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 11244287394     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041603     Document Type: Article

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