Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics· 2012Q1· Review
Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
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Updated prescriptions for calculating star-formation rates are provided, based on a decade of progress in large-scale extragalactic and Galactic star formation observations.
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Key points
- Reviews observational progress in large-scale star formation over the past decade.
- Focuses on the interface between extragalactic and Galactic star formation studies.
- Discusses methods for measuring gas content and star-formation rates.
- Provides updated prescriptions for calculating star-formation rates.
- Examines star formation-gas relations from galaxy-wide to molecular cloud scales.
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Abstract
We review progress over the past decade in observations of large-scale star formation, with a focus on the interface between extragalactic and Galactic studies. Methods of measuring gas contents and star-formation rates are discussed, and updated prescriptions for calculating star-formation rates are provided. We review relations between star formation and gas on scales ranging from entire galaxies to individual molecular clouds.
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