The nature of the interstellar medium in the starburst of NGC 253

This thesis contains several complementary sets of observations of the starburst in the nucleus of NGC 253. The observations probe the interface between ionised and molecular gas, where UV photons from young stars dominate the heating and chemistry of the gas. The thesis describes how observations o...

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Main Author: Harrison, Andrew Paul
Published: University of Edinburgh 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652165