Star formation efficiency in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4303

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 721, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 383-394

  Momose, Rieko ^a,b   Okumura, Sachiko K ^b   Koda, Jin ^c,d   Sawada, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 4303); Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: spiral; ISM: molecules; Radio lines: Galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149268615     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/721/1/383     Document Type: Article

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