VARIATIONS OF THE ISM COMPACTNESS ACROSS THE MAIN SEQUENCE OF STAR FORMING GALAXIES: OBSERVATIONS AND SIMULATIONS

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 817; no. 1; pp. 76 - 93
• Main Authors: Martínez-Galarza, J. R., Smith, H. A., Lanz, L., Hayward, Christopher C., Zezas, A., Rosenthal, L., Weiner, A., Hung, C., Ashby, M. L. N., Groves, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom The American Astronomical Society 20.01.2016
• Subjects: Acquisitions; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; COALESCENCE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMIC DUST; DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY SPECTRA; evolution; Galactic disk; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: interactions; galaxies: star formation; galaxies: starburst; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; MARKOV PROCESS; MASS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; Outliers (statistics); PHOTOMETRY; RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER; Radiative transfer; Simulation; STAR EVOLUTION; Star formation; STARS; State of the art

ABSTRACT The majority of star-forming galaxies follow a simple empirical correlation in the star formation rate (SFR) versus stellar mass (M*) plane, of the form , usually referred to as the star formation main sequence (MS). The physics that sets the properties of the MS is currently a subject of d...