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

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.

List of contents

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.

Product details

• Authors: Tony (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaig Wong
• Assisted by: Woong-Tae Kim (Editor), Woong-Tae (Seoul National University) Kim (Editor), Tony Wong (Editor), Tony (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Wong (Editor), Wong Tony (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009352956
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935295-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Galaxies & stars, Galaxies and stars, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy