The New Frontier: Galactic-Scale Star Formation

被引：9
作者：
Calzetti, D. [1 ]
Kennicutt, R. C. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Astron, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[2] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
来源：
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC | 2009年 / 121卷 / 883期
关键词：
INITIAL MASS FUNCTION; FORMATION RATE INDICATORS; EXTREME OUTER DISK; NEARBY GALAXIES; LOCAL UNIVERSE; MOLECULAR GAS; FORMATION RATES; FORMATION THRESHOLDS; RADIAL-DISTRIBUTION; FORMING GALAXIES;
D O I：
10.1086/605617
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
The arena of investigation of star formation and its scaling laws is slowly, but consistently, shifting from the realm of luminous galaxies to that of faint ones and to subgalactic regions, as existing and new facilities enable investigators to probe regions of the combined parameter space of surface brightness, wavelength, and angular resolution that were inaccessible until a few years ago. We summarize what has been accomplished, and what remain as challenges in the field of galactic-scale star formation.
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页码：937 / 941
页数：5
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