Comparison of hα and UV star formation rates in the local volume: Systematic discrepancies for dwarf galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 706, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 599-613

  Lee, Janice C ^a   Gil De Paz, Armando ^b   Tremonti, Christy ^c,d   Kennicutt, Robert C ^e,f   Salim, Samir ^g   Bothwell, Matthew ^e   Calzetti, Daniela ^h   Dalcanton, Julianne ⁱ   Dale, Daniel ^j   Engelbracht, Chad ^f   Jose G Funes S J ^k   Johnson, Benjamin ^e   Sakai, Shoko ^l   Skillman, Evan ^m   Van Zee, Liese ⁿ   Walter, Fabian ^c   Weisz, Daniel ^m  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^k VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m University of Minnesota   (United States)

ⁿ INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Galaxies: Dwarf; Galaxies: Evolution; Galaxies: Photometry; Stars: Formation; Surveys; Ultraviolet: Galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549103589     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/706/1/599     Document Type: Article

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