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From Star To Galaxy Formation

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Starbursts Triggers, Nature, and Evolution

Part of the book series: Centre de Physique des Houches ((LHWINTER,volume 9))

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Star formation is the key to understanding galaxy formation. Knowledge of the initial mass function, the rate of star formation, and its efficiency are essential inputs to understanding the large-scale structure of the universe. For galaxies, viewed as ensembles of stars, are the beacons that chart the cosmos. One has to understand how star formation operates, not just in the solar neighborhood, hut throughout entire galaxies, and in the past, when conditions differed from those of the present-day environment.

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Silk, J. (1998). From Star To Galaxy Formation. In: Guiderdoni, B., Kembhavi, A. (eds) Starbursts Triggers, Nature, and Evolution. Centre de Physique des Houches, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29742-1_7

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