Star formation on subkiloparsec scale triggered by non-linear processes in nearby spiral galaxies

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 772, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kennicutt, Robert C ^a,d   Momose, Rieko ^a,b   Koda, Jin ^c   Egusa, Fumi ^e   Calzetti, Daniela ^f   Liu, Guilin ^f,i   Donovan Meyer, Jennifer ^c,j   Okumura, Sachiko K ^b,k   Scoville, Nick Z ^g   Sawada, Tsuyoshi ^b,h   Kuno, Nario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h JOINT ALMA OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^k JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

galaxies: ISM; galaxies: spiral; galaxies: star formation; ISM: molecules; radio lines: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880621515     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/772/1/L13     Document Type: Article

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