Tidally triggered star formation in close pairs of galaxies: Major and minor interactions

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-209

  Woods, Deborah Freedman ^a   Geller, Margaret J ^b   Barton, Elizabeth J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749616405     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504834     Document Type: Article

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