The star formation law in disk galaxies: A Bayesian view

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 325, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 961-971

  Koppen J ^a,c,d   Frohlich H E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxy: structure; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 16944367325     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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