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A turbulence study in Dwarf Irregular galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Margarita Valdez-Gutiérrez  and
Ivânio Puerari
Margarita Valdez-Gutiérrez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, campus Ensenada, Ensenada, B. C., Mexico email: mago@astrosen.unam.mx
Ivânio Puerari
Affiliation:
INAOE, Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico email: puerari@inaoep.mx
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Abstract

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We present preliminary results of a Fourier transform power spectra analysis carried out on a sample of dwarf irregular galaxies and Local Group members. This project is intended to study turbulence and the ISM structure in irregulars as a class.

Keywords

TurbulenceISM: structuregalaxies: dwarfgalaxies: irregular
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 484
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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