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Galactic Star Formation

Galactic Star Formation is the astrophysical process by which molecular gas within galaxies collapses under gravity to form stars, distinguished from other star formation contexts by its focus on the large-scale structure, dynamics, and evolutionary history of stellar birth across galactic systems.

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Breaking the hierarchy of galaxy formation

R. G. Bower, Andrew Benson, Rowena Katherine Malbon et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2006 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Stellar masses and star formation histories for 10<sup>5</sup>galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Guinevere Kauffmann, Timothy M. Heckman, D. M. Simon White et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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How do galaxies get their gas?

D. Kere, Neal Katz, David H. Weinberg et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2005 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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The CO-to-H<sub>2</sub> Conversion Factor

Alberto D. Bolatto, M. G. Wolfire, Adam K. Leroy · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2013 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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THE AVERAGE STAR FORMATION HISTORIES OF GALAXIES IN DARK MATTER HALOS FROM<i>z</i>= 0-8

Peter Behroozi, Risa H. Wechsler, Charlie Conroy · The Astrophysical Journal · 2013 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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  1. SF
    S. F. Sánchez

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    28 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. SL
    Sara L. Ellison

    University of Victoria, Canada

    24 publications · 3K citations

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    Joss Bland‐Hawthorn

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    22 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. MR
    Mark R. Krumholz

    Australian National University, Australia

    21 publications · 3.3K citations

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  5. LH
    Lars Hernquist

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    19 publications · 3.3K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    66 h-index

    603 publications

    77.8K citations

  2. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    62 h-index

    207 publications

    31.1K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    58 h-index

    253 publications

    29.6K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    55 h-index

    270 publications

    42.2K citations

  5. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    54 h-index

    174 publications

    37.3K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    54 h-index

    156 publications

    41.5K citations

  7. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    54 h-index

    205 publications

    41K citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    52 h-index

    164 publications

    14.1K citations

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  1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    474 publications · 55.7K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 452 publications · 50.5K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    156 publications · 14.3K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 48 publications · 4K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    36 publications · 2.7K citations

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