Massive star formation in Wolf-Rayet galaxies II. Optical spectroscopy results

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 508, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 615-640

  Lopez Sanchez A R ^a,b   Esteban, C ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: dwarf galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: starburst; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES: ABUNDANCES; GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: STARBURST; STARS: WOLF-RAYET;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; KINEMATICS; STARS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

GALAXIES;

EID: 77954931283     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912042     Document Type: Article

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