The stellar content of nearby star-forming galaxies. III. Unravelling the nature of the diffuse ultraviolet light

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 628, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 210-230

  Chandar, Rupali ^a   Leitherer, Claus ^a   Tremonti, Christy A ^b   Calzetti, Daniela ^a   Aloisi, Alessandra ^a,c   Meurer, Gerhardt R ^d   De Mello, Duilia ^e,f  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ESA

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: starburst; Galaxies: stellar content; Ultraviolet: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644438731     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430592     Document Type: Article

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