TY - JOUR AU - Relaño, M. AU - Lisenfeld, U. AU - Pérez González, Pablo Guillermo AU - Vílchez, J. M. AU - Battaner, E., E. PY - 2007 DO - 10.1086/522371 SN - 0004-637X UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51937 T2 - Astrophysical journal AB - We investigate the use of the rest-frame 24 μm luminosity as an indicator of the star formation rate (SFR) in galaxies with different metallicities by comparing it to the (extinction-corrected) Hα luminosity. We carry out this analysis in two steps:... LA - eng M2 - L141 PB - American Astronomical Society KW - H-II-regions KW - Elemental abundance variations KW - Multiband imaging photometer KW - Primordial helium abundance KW - Starburst galaxy NGC-1705 KW - Spitzer-space-telescope KW - Blue compact galaxies KW - Group dwarf galaxies KW - Infrared galaxies KW - Ionized-gas TI - On the metallicity dependence of the 24 μm luminosity as a star formation tracer TY - journal article VL - 667 ER -