Suppression of star formation in the galaxy NGC 253 by a starburst-driven molecular wind

Nature

Volumn 499, Issue 7459, 2013, Pages 450-453

  Bolatto, Alberto D ^a   Warren, Steven R ^a   Leroy, Adam K ^b   Walter, Fabian ^c   Veilleux, Sylvain ^a   Ostriker, Eve C ^d   Ott, Jürgen ^e   Zwaan, Martin ^f   Fisher, David B ^a   Weiss, Axel ^g   Rosolowsky, Erik ^h,i   Hodge, Jacqueline ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GAS FLOW; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; WIND PROFILE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; GAS; ILLUMINATION; LUMINANCE; MASS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; WIND;

EID: 84881162277     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12351     Document Type: Article

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