Ultracompact blue dwarf galaxies: Hubble space telescope imaging and stellar population analysis

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 651, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 861-873

  Corbin, Michael R ^a,b   Vacca, William D ^c   Cid Fernandes, Roberto ^d   Hibbard, John E ^e   Somerville, Rachel S ^f   Windhorst, Rogier A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLAGSTAFF STATION   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: starburst; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845777509     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507575     Document Type: Article

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