Published 1988
| Version v1
Book
Self-regulating star formation in isolated galaxies
Creators
- 1. Universidad de los Andes, Dept. Fisica, Grupo de Astrofisica, Merida 5101 (Venezuela)
Description
Recent investigation shows that the diffuse phases of the ISM condense mainly by the transition from warm gas to small cool clouds (WG → SC. In this work the authors introduce the new hypothesis that the star formation rate (SFR) in isolated galaxies is self-regulated in such a way that it maintains Pmax close to the ISM gas pressure. Here Pmax is the gas pressure at the marginal state of stability for the transition WG → SC. This hypothesis leads to a relation between global galactic parameters which appears to be applicable to various morphological groups of isolated galaxies
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (USA)
- ISBN
- 0-521-35062-X
- Imprint Title
- Supernova remnants and the interstellar medium
- Imprint Pagination
- 535 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 513-516.
Conference
- Title
- 101. International Astronomics Union colloquium on interaction of supernova remnants with the interstellar medium.
- Dates
- 8-12 Jun 1987.
- Place
- Penticton (Canada).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22001237
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COOLING; GALAXIES; HOT PLASMA; HYPOTHESIS; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; STAR EVOLUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- PLASMA; SPACE
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-8706201--.