TY  - GEN 
AU  - Boquien, Mérédic
AU  - Duc, P.-A.
AU  - Braine, J.
AU  - Brinks, E.
AU  - Lisenfeld , Ute
AU  - Charmandaris, V.
PY  - 2007
SN  - 0004-6361
SN  - 1432-0746
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/28405
AB  - Context.Star formation (SF) takes place in unusual places such as way out in the intergalactic medium out of material expelled from parent galaxies.
AB  - Aims.Whether SF proceeds in this specific environment in a similar way than in galactic disks is the question we wish to answer. Particularly, we address the reliability of ultraviolet, H$\alpha$ and mid-infrared as tracers of SF in the intergalactic...
AB  - Methods.We have carried out a multiwavelength analysis of the interacting system NGC 5291 , which is remarkable for its extended HI ring hosting numerous intergalactic HII regions. We combined new ultraviolet (GALEX) observations with archival...
AB  - Results.We have found that the morphology of the star forming regions, as traced by the ultraviolet, H$\alpha$, and 8 $\mu$m emission is similar. The 8.0 $\mu$m infrared emission, normalised to emission from dust at 4.5 $\mu$m, which is known to be...
LA  - eng
PB  - European Southern Observatory (ESO); Springer Verlag
KW  - Galaxies
KW  - NGC 5291
KW  - Star formation
KW  - HII regions
KW  - Intergalactic medium
TI  - Polychromatic view of intergalactic star formation in NGC 5291
DO  - 10.1051/0004-6361:20066692
ER  -