Star formation and asymmetry in the spiral arms of M51: Variable star formation caused by more than one spiral density wave

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 6 1776, 2003, Pages 2831-2839

  Henry, Alaina L ^a,b   Quillen, A C ^a   Gutermuth, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (M51); Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642395705     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379299     Document Type: Article

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