High-mass star formation in normal late-type galaxies: Observational constraints to the initial mass function

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 706, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1527-1544

  Boselli, A ^a   Boissier, S ^a   Cortese, L ^b   Buat, V ^a   Hughes, T M ^b   Gavazzi, G ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: general; Galaxies: spiral; Hii regions; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016615740     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/706/2/1527     Document Type: Article

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