The relationship between gas, stars, and star formation in irregular galaxies: A test of simple models

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 493, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 595-612

  Hunter, Deidre A ^a   Elmegreen, Bruce G ^b   Baker, Aomawa L ^c  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: irregular; Galaxies: ISM; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444454998     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305158     Document Type: Article

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