The Nature of Low-Density Star Formation
Abstract
How do stars manage to form within low-density, HI-dominated gas? Here we outline fundamental questions about the nature of star formation at low- density. We describe the wide-field, high-resolution imaging of stars, star clusters, and gas clouds in nearby galaxies needed to provide definitive answers and build a complete theory of star formation.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1903.05745
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.05745
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c.525T
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics