Morphological analysis of H I features. II. Wavelet-based multifractal formalism

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 512-550

  Khalil, A ^a,b   Joncas, G ^a   Nekka, F ^c   Kestener, P ^d   Arneodo, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxy: structure; ISM: clouds; ISM: structure; Methods: data analysis; Techniques: image processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748800975     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505144     Document Type: Article

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