Massive star formation in the central regions of spiral galaxies

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 489-498

  Knapen, J H ^a   Mazzuca, L M ^b   Boker T ^c   Shlosman, I ^d   Colina, L ^e   Combes, F ^f   Axon, D J ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^g ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TELESCOPES;

GALAXIES: NUCLEI; GALAXIES: SPIRAL; GALAXIES: STRUCTURE; MASSIVE STAR FORMATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACER OF THE DYNAMICAL PROCESSES; WILLIAM HERSCHEL TELESCOPE;

GALAXIES;

EID: 33644965045     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053928     Document Type: Article

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