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Control of galactic scale star formation by gravitational instability or midplane pressure?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 April 2011
Abstract
Star formation in galaxies has been suggested to depend on large-scale gravitational instability or on the pressure required to form molecular hydrogen. I present numerical models and analysis of observations in support of the gravitational instability hypothesis. I also consider whether the correlation between the surface densities of molecular hydrogen and star formation implies causation, and if so in which direction.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S270: Computational Star Formation , May 2010 , pp. 371 - 375
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- Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011