Robert C. Kennicutt Jr.
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Robert C. Kennicutt Jr. studies how gas becomes stars in galaxies. His 1998 observational analysis combined normal spiral galaxies and starburst galaxies, finding an approximately power law between disk-averaged star formation rate per unit area and gas surface density. This Kennicutt–Schmidt law connects measurements across whole galaxies to prescriptions used in models of galaxy formation.[ref]
The Global Schmidt Law in Star Forming Galaxies by Robert C. Kennicutt Jr.. Abstract: combined samples, disk averaging and fitted index 1.4±0.15
With Neal J. Evans II, he also reviewed how different observations estimate star formation rates and how the gas–star formation relation changes between molecular clouds and whole galaxies.[ref]
Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies by Robert C. Kennicutt Jr. and Neal J. Evans II. Abstract: rate diagnostics and cloud-to-galaxy scales
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