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The Structure of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
Abstract
The Magellanic Clouds, by their proximity, offer a unique opportunity to study the detailed processes of star formation in a galactic context. This Review examines the dynamic and self-limiting feedback between star formation and the interstellar medium (ISM) in these galaxies. Energetic processes associated with star formation are responsible for pressurising the ISM, for maintaining the multi-phase structure of this medium and for ejecting copious quantities of both hot and cool gas to large heights above the galactic mid-plane. This circulation process determines the control of the star-formation rate.
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- II. Large Scale Processes of Star Formation
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 115: Star Forming Regions , 1987 , pp. 501 - 520
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- Copyright © Reidel 1987
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