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Exploring The Scaling Laws Of Star Formation

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dc.contributor.advisorDaniela Calzetti
dc.contributor.advisorMin S. Yun
dc.contributor.advisorMark H. Heyer
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Guilin
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.date2023-09-23T09:20:41.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T14:11:49Z
dc.date.available2014-06-13T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-01
dc.description.abstractDespite the well-established global Schmidt-Kennicutt (S-K) law which already serves as an essential prescription for large scale star formation in modeling and simulating galaxy formation and evolution, its local, spatially resolved version remains a frontier and more fundamental research topic. In this dissertation, the local S-K law has been explored both within individual nearby galaxies and amongst different galaxies. We have investigated the shape and universality of the S-K law, studied the dependence of its properties on the sampling scale, and tested it in the high density regime. In addition to its relation with the molecular gas, we have also studied the statistical properties of H II regions in terms of their luminosity function, size distribution, dust extinction and dust geometry.
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
dc.description.departmentAstronomy
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/5686170
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/13411
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1317&context=dissertations_1&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectPure sciences
dc.subjectStar formation
dc.subjectScaling laws
dc.subjectLarge scale stars
dc.subjectGalaxy formation
dc.subjectMolecular gas
dc.subjectAstrophysics and Astronomy
dc.titleExploring The Scaling Laws Of Star Formation
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dc.typearticle
dc.typedissertation
digcom.contributor.authorLiu, Guilin
digcom.date.embargo2014-06-13T00:00:00-07:00
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digcom.identifier.contextkey5686170
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