Star Formation in Galaxies Along the Hubble Sequence

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1998-07-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9807187v1

Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys.36:189-231,1998

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

41 pages, with 9 figures. To appear in Volume 36 of the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1146/annurev.astro.36.1.189

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 properties 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.

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