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Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-astro-081811-125610
Bibcode: 2012ARA&A..50..531K
Kennicutt, Robert C.; Evans, Neal J.
We review progress over the past decade in observations of large-scale star formation, with a focus on the interface between extragalactic and Galactic studies. Methods of measuring gas contents and star-formation rates are discussed, and updated prescriptions for calculating star-formation rates are provided. We review relations between star form…
2012
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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