The driving mechanism of starbursts in galaxy mergers

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 720, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Teyssier, Romain ^a   Chapon, Damien ^b   Bournaud, Frédéric ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: starburst; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649248215     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/720/2/L149     Document Type: Article

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