Star formation on galactic scales Academic Article

abstract

• AbstractNew 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.

authors

• Kennicutt, Robert

published proceedings

• Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

author list (cited authors)

• Kennicutt, R. C.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Kennicutt, Robert C

publication date

• August 2006

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s1743921307001652

start page

• 311

end page

• 316

volume

• 2

issue

• S237

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921307001652