STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE Academic Article

abstract

• Abstract Observations of star formation rates (SFRs) in galaxies provide vital clues to the physical nature of the Hubble sequence and are key probes of the evolutionary histories of galaxies. The focus of this review is on the broad patterns in the star formation properties of galaxies along the Hubble sequence and their implications for understanding galaxy evolution and the physical processes that drive the evolution. Star formation in the disks and nuclear regions of galaxies are reviewed separately, then discussed within a common interpretive framework. The diagnostic methods used to measure SFRs are also reviewed, and a self-consistent set of SFR calibrations is presented as an aid to workers in the field.

authors

• Kennicutt, Robert

published proceedings

• Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

altmetric score

• 2

author list (cited authors)

• Kennicutt, R. C.

citation count

• 5401

complete list of authors

• Kennicutt, Robert C

publication date

• September 1998

publisher

• Annual Reviews  Publisher

published in

• Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5101 Astronomical Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1146/annurev.astro.36.1.189

start page

• 189

end page

• 231

volume

• 36

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.astro.36.1.189