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The gravitationally unstable gas disk of a starburst galaxy 12 billion years ago

The gravitationally unstable gas disk of a starburst galaxy 12 billion years ago

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2097592003

The gravitationally unstable gas disk of a starburst galaxy 12 billion years ago

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The gravitationally unstable gas disk of a starburst galaxy 12 billion years ago

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2018-08, Vol.560 (7720), p.613-616

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Galaxies in the early Universe that are bright at submillimetre wavelengths (submillimetre-bright galaxies) are forming stars at a rate roughly 1,000 times higher than the Milky Way. A large fraction of the new stars form in the central kiloparsec of the galaxy
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The gravitationally unstable gas disk of a starburst galaxy 12 billion years ago

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2097592003

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2097592003

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/s41586-018-0443-1

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