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J/A+A/288/713         Star formation in galaxies                 (Firmani+ 1994)
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Bursting and stationary star formation in disks and nuclei of galaxies.
     Firmani C., Tutukov A.V.
    <Astron. Astrophys. 288, 713 (1994)>
    =1994A&A...288..713F     (SIMBAD/NED Reference)
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ADC_Keywords: Active gal. nuclei; Models, evolutionary
Keywords: galaxies: general - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: nuclei -
          galaxies: active - quasars: general

Description:
    Evolutionary models of disk galaxies are presented (table3),
    and are confronted with a sample of late type galaxies from
    the Tully (Nearby Galaxies, see Cat. <VII/145>) and the
    de Vaucouleurs (RC3, see Cat. <VII/155>) catalogues.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
table1.dat     125        332    Sample of galaxies from Tully (1988) and RC3
table2.dat     125         13    Correlation matrix for the sample of table1
table3.dat      98         60    Evolutionary models
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See also:
    VII/145 : Nearby Galaxies Catalogue (NBG) (Tully 1988)
    VII/155 : Third Reference Cat. of Bright Galaxies (RC3)
              (de Vaucouleurs+ 1991)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units      Label       Explanations
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   1-  8  A8     ---        Name        Name of the galaxy
  16- 17  I2     ---        MType       ? Morphological type
  23- 26  F4.2  [kpc]     log(r)        Radius of the 25th mag/arcsec+2 isophote
  31- 35  F5.2  [solLum]  log(B)        B luminosity
  40- 44  F5.2  [solMass] log(m_HI)     HI mass
  49- 53  F5.2  [solMass] log(m_d)      Dynamical mass
  59- 62  F4.2   mag        (B-V)       Color index (B-V)
  67- 71  F5.2   mag        (U-B)       ? Color index (U-B)
  76- 80  F5.2  [Sun]     log(m_d/B)    Dynamical mass to the B luminosity ratio
  85- 89  F5.2  [Sun]     log(m_HI/B)   HI mass to the B luminosity ratio
  94- 98  F5.2  [Sun]     log(m_HI/m_d) HI mass to the dynamical mass ratio
 104-107  F4.2 [solMass/pc2] log(sb_B)  B surface brightness (solar B lum./pc2)
 113-116  F4.2 [solMass/pc2] log(sd_HI) HI surface density (solar mass/pc2)
 122-125  F4.2 [solMass/pc2] log(T)     Total surface density (solar mass/pc2)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units    Label         Explanations
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   1-  8  A8     ---        Param       Parameter designation
  13- 17  F5.2  [kpc]       log(r)      Radius of the 25th mag/arcsec+2 isophote
  22- 26  F5.2 [solMass]    log(m_d)    Dynamical mass
  31- 35  F5.2 [solMass]    log(m_HI)   HI mass
  40- 44  F5.2 [solLum]     log(B)      B luminosity
  49- 53  F5.2 [solMass/pc2] log(T)     Total surface density (solar mass/pc2)
  58- 62  F5.2 [solMass/pc2] log(sd_HI) HI surface density (solar mass/pc2)
  67- 71  F5.2 [solLum/pc2]  log(sb_B)  B surface brightness (solar B lum./pc2)
  76- 80  F5.2  [Sun]    log(m_d/B)     Dynamical mass to B luminosity ratio
  85- 89  F5.2  [Sun]    log(m_HI/B)    HI mass to the B luminosity ratio
  94- 98  F5.2  [Sun]    log(m_HI/m_d)  HI mass to the dynamical mass ratio
 103-107  F5.2   mag        (B-V)       Color index (B-V)
 112-116  F5.2   mag        (U-B)       Color index (U-B)
 121-125  F5.2   ---        MType       Morphological type
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units        Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8     ---          Param     Parameter designation
  15- 17  I3     Gyr          Age       Age
  23- 26  F4.2 [solMass/pc2] log(sd)    Surface density (solar mass/pc2)
  32- 35  F4.2 [solMass/pc2] log(sd_g)  Gas surface density (solar mass/pc2)
  40- 44  F5.2 [solLum/pc2]  log(Tsb_T) Total surface brightness (solar lum/pc2)
  49- 53  F5.2 [solLum/pc2]  log(sb_B)  B surface brightness (solar B lum/pc2)
  59- 62  F4.2   mag          (B-V)     Color index (B-V)
  67- 71  F5.2   mag          (U-B)     Color index (U-B)
  76- 80  F5.2 [Sun/pc2/Gyr] log(sfr)   Star formation rate (solar mass/pc2*Gyr)
  86- 89  F4.2  [Sun]        log(T/B)   Total brightness to B brightness ratio
  94- 98  F5.2  [Sun]        log(sd/B)  Surface density to B brightness ratio
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(End)                                    Patricia Bauer      [CDS]   06-Dec-1993

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