Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Feb 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986mnras.218..721r&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 218, Feb. 15, 1986, p. 721-728.
Statistics
Computation
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Computational Astrophysics, Hydrogen Clouds, Milky Way Galaxy, Molecular Clouds, Radial Distribution, Star Formation, Star Formation Rate, Abundance, Gas Density, Mass Distribution, Metallicity, Rates (Per Time)
Scientific paper
The authors' previous work (Rana and Wilkinson, 1985) shows that the star formation rate ψs in the Galaxy could be empirically related to the surface density of molecular hydrogen ΣH2 by a relationship ψs ∝ ΣH2k, where k(=1.12±0.03) is obtained from the observed metallicity gradient in the Galaxy. The authors have used here various available radial distributions of the star formation rate in the above relation in order to derive a radial distribution of molecular hydrogen, independently of the CO surveys. A comparison has also been made with the present controversial estimates of ΣH2 based on various CO surveys.
Rana Narayan C.
Wilkinson D. A.
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