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The Properties of Dense Molecular Gas in the Milky Way and Galaxies

Yancy L. Shirley·Jingwen Wu·R. Shane Bussmann·Al Wootten
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We review the evidence for a constant star formation rate per unit mass in dense molecular gas in the Milky Way and the extragalactic correlations of L_IR with L' from observations of dense molecular gas. We discuss the connection between the constant SFR/M interpretation in dense gas and the global Schmidt-Kennicutt star formation law.

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Yancy L. Shirley, Jingwen Wu, R. Shane Bussmann, Al Wootten. 2007-11-28. The Properties of Dense Molecular Gas in the Milky Way and Galaxies. https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4605

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