Resolving the Rise and Fall of Star Formation in Galaxies (IAU S373)

IAU S373 consists of frontier research articles on theoretical and observational star formation as measured on galactic scales.

Tony Wong (Edited by), Woong-Tae Kim (Edited by)

9781009352956, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 June 2023

300 pages
28 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.664 kg

Star formation is relevant to nearly every area of astrophysics, from planetary science to galaxy evolution, yet the physical processes that determine the rates of star formation and its spatial and temporal distribution are still poorly understood. IAU Symposium 373 focuses on the impact that resolved studies of galaxies, both observational and theoretical, are having on the understanding of star formation on all scales. It highlights the latest advances in understanding star formation in its galactic context and how it drives galaxy evolution. A key advance has been the ability to spatially resolve the sub-kiloparsec scales on which star formation relations are established, bridging the gap between resolved studies in the local neighborhood and large-scale galaxy surveys. Alongside this, a new generation of cosmological simulations have helped to interpret these new data, providing new techniques for confronting them with observations. This volume shares these developments, for graduate students and researchers.

Part I. Scales of Star Formation
Part II. Sustaining Star Formation
Part III. The Decline of Star Formation
Part IV. The Rise and Fall of Star Formation Across Cosmic Time
Part V. Regulation of Star Formation and the Evolution of Galaxies.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB]