Molecular Clouds and Star Formation Rate in Disk Galaxies
We use N-body/hydrodynamic simulations of a Milky Way-like galaxy to study the physical properties of giant molecular clouds and star formation rate on different spatial scales. We confirm the previous estimates that the dark gas fraction in molecular clouds reaches about 30% by mass. We find that c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Open Astronomy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0138 |