Tracing star formation with non-thermal radio emission

A key for understanding the evolution of galaxies and in particular their star formation history will be future ultradeep radio surveys. While star formation rates (SFRs) are regularly estimated with phenomenological formulas based on the local FIR-radio correlation, we present here a physically mot...

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Hauptverfasser: Schober, Jennifer (VerfasserIn) , Schleicher, Dominik R. G. (VerfasserIn) , Klessen, Ralf S. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 22 February 2017
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 468, Heft: 1, Pages: 946-958
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stx460
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx460
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