= The Global Schmidt Law in Star Forming Galaxies by Robert C. Kennicutt Jr.
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{tag=Work by Robert C. Kennicutt Jr.}
{title2=1998}
{title2=The Astrophysical Journal 498, 541}
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 $1.4\pm0.15$; the tracer selection, dust correction and gas conversion factors matter to interpretation.
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9712213
https://doi.org/10.1086/305588
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