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Star Formation and Threshold in Nearby Galaxies Observed with GALEX

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Samuel Boissier
Samuel Boissier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
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Abstract

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Star formation on galactic scales is the process driving the evolution of galaxies. It is important to understand its various aspects in the nearby universe to properly interpret high redshift observations, and to construct correct models of the evolution of galaxies. Combining UV (GALEX) and infrared (IRAS) data for 43 nearby spatially resolved galaxies with corollary data (HI,CO), we study the star formation law (“Schmidt” law). The absence of a “threshold radius” in the UV supports the idea that star formation proceed at low gas densities and that the usual threshold observed in H-alpha profiles is a small-number statistic effect.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S235: Galaxy Evolution Across the Hubble Time , August 2006 , pp. 303
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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