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Star Formation in Galaxy Mergers Scaling up a universal process or a violent mode of SF
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STAR FORMATION IN GALAXY MERGERS:
Scaling up a universal process or a violent mode of SF?
UTA FRITZE – V. ALVENSLEBEN
Universita?tssternwarte Go?ttingen, Geismarlandstr. 11, 37083 Go?ttingen, Germany
I briefly review some measures of star formation rates in galaxies and discuss their respective
uncertainties before outlining the range of star formation rates encountered in starbursts from
isolated dwarf through massive gas-rich interacting systems. I present our current understand-
ing of molecular cloud masses and structures and on star formation processes and efficiencies
in starburst and interacting galaxies. Star cluster formation is an important mode of star
formation, in particular in strong star formation regimes. I discuss the role of star clusters
and their properties in helping us assess the question if star formation is a universal process
allowing for considerable scaling or if there’s two different regimes for normal and violent SF.
Keywords: Stars: formation, Galaxies: evolution, formation, interactions, ISM, starburst, star clusters,
globular clusters: general, open clusters and associations: general
1 Motivation
Despite considerable efforts by many researchers over more than 30 yr, the question if Star
Formation (SF) is basically described by one universal process that can be scaled up and down
considerably from lowest levels in dwarf and low surface brightness galaxies to extremely high
levels observed in massive gas-rich interacting galaxies, ULIRGs, and SCUBA galaxies or if, on
the other hand, there are two fundamentally different modes or processes of SF – violent as
opposed to normal SF – still is one of the major unresolved issues in astrophysics.
2 Star Formation Rates: Measures and Regimes
2.1 Star Formation Rates: Measures and Limitations
In nearby galaxies, spirals, irregulars and starburst galaxies, SF Rates (SFRs) are convention-
ally derived from Hα or FIR luminositie
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