TY - GEN AU - Relaño Pastor, Mónica AU - Lisenfeld , Ute AU - Pérez-González, P. G. AU - Vílchez, José AU - Battaner López, Eduardo PY - 2007 SN - 2041-8205 SN - 2041-8213 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/28399 AB - We investigate the use of the rest-frame 24microns luminosity as an indicator of the star formation rate (SFR) in galaxies with different metallicities by comparing it to the (extinction corrected) Halpha luminosity. We carry out this analysis in 2... LA - eng PB - American Astronomical Society; Institute of Physics (IOP) KW - Galaxies KW - ISM KW - Infrared TI - On the metallicity dependence of the 24micron luminosity as a star formation tracer DO - 10.1086/522371 ER -