Carma survey toward infrared-bright nearby galaxies (STING): Molecular gas star formation law in NGC 4254

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 730, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Rahman, Nurur ^a   Bolatto, Alberto D ^a   Wong, Tony ^b   Leroy, Adam K ^c   Walter, Fabian ^d   Rosolowsky, Erik ^e   West, Andrewa ^f   Bigiel, Frank ^g   Ott, Jürgen ^h   Xue, Rui ^b   Herrera Camus, Rodrigo ^a   Jameson, Katherine ^a   Blitz, Leo ^g   Vogel, Stuart N ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f Boston University   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

galaxies: general; galaxies: individual (NGC 4254); galaxies: ISM; galaxies: spiral; ISM: molecules; stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953689951     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/730/2/72     Document Type: Article

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