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Star formation on galactic scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Robert C. Kennicutt Jr.
Robert C. Kennicutt Jr.*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK email: [email protected] Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Abstract

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New multi-wavelength data on nearby galaxies are providing a much more accurate and complete observational picture of star formation on galactic scales. Here I briefly report on recent results from the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS). These provide new constraints on the frequency and lifetime of deeply obscured star-forming regions in galaxies, the measurement of dust-corrected star formation rates in galaxies, and the form of the spatially-resolved Schmidt law.

Keywords

galaxies: ISMinfrared: galaxiesstars: formation
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 311 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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