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The Global Schmidt Law in Star Forming Galaxies by Robert C. Kennicutt Jr. (1998, The Astrophysical Journal 498, 541)

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This primary observational study combines disk-averaged star-formation and gas tracers for normal spirals and infrared-selected starbursts. Its fitted power-law index is 1.4±0.15; the tracer selection, dust correction and gas conversion factors matter to interpretation.
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