The size-density relation of extragalactic H II regions

L. K. Hunt; H. Hirashita

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912020

Free Access

Issue		A&A Volume 507, Number 3, December I 2009


Page(s)		1327 - 1343
Section		Extragalactic astronomy
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912020
Published online		01 October 2009

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