Massive star formation within the Leo 'primordial' ring

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7232, 2009, Pages 990-993

  Thilker, David A ^a   Donovan, Jennifer ^b   Schiminovich, David ^b   Bianchi, Luciana ^a   Boissier, Samuel ^c   De Paz, Armando Gil ^d   Madore, Barry F ^e   Martin, D Christopher ^f   Seibert, Mark ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; PHOTOMETER; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COSMOS; DENSITY; IMAGING; IONIZATION; MASS; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 60549117968     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07780     Document Type: Article

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