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The Role of Metallicity and H2 in Star Formation in the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

N. C. Rana
Affiliation:
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Bombay 400005, India
D.A. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
*Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham, England

Abstract

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A new law of star formation is proposed which suggests an explicit dependence on the abundance of metals and H2.

Type
Interstellar Medium
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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