Thilker, David and Lee, Janice and Capak, Peter and Cook, David and Dale, Daniel and Elmegreen, Bruce and Gil de Paz, Armando and Gallagher, John and Hunter, Deidre and Leroy, Adam and Meurer, Gerhardt and Pisano, D. J. and Rafelski, Marc and Tosi, Monica and Wofford, Aida (2019) The Nature of Low-Density Star Formation. Astro2020 Science White Paper, . (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190812-144155775
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How do stars manage to form within low-density, HI-dominated gas? Such environments provide a laboratory for studying star formation with physical conditions distinct from starbursts and the metal-rich disks of spiral galaxies where most effort has been invested. Here we outline fundamental open questions about the nature of star formation at low-density. We describe the wide-field, high-resolution UV-optical-IR-radio observations of stars, star clusters and gas clouds in nearby galaxies needed in the 2020's to provide definitive answers, essential for development of a complete theory of star formation.
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| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20190812-144155775 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190812-144155775 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2020 13:19 |
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