Star formation efficiencies and lifetimes of giant molecular clouds in the milky way

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 729, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Murray, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bubbles ISM; clouds stars; formation; galaxies; general ISM; star clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952131524     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/729/2/133     Document Type: Article

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