Comparison of the Hα equivalent width of H II regions in a flocculent and a grand-design galaxy: Possible evidence for initial mass function variations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 634, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 1043-1055

  Cedrés, Bernabé ^a   Cepa, Jordi ^a,c   Tomita, Akihiko ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 4395, NGC 5457); Galaxies: stellar content; H II regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244450473     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497116     Document Type: Article

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