A Global Perspective on Star Formation
| dc.creator | Fall, S. Michael | |
| dc.date | 1996-11-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:22:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:22:20Z | |
| dc.description | We outline a method to infer the global history of star formation in galaxies with input only from absorption-line observations of quasars. The application of the method to existing data leads to the conclusion that most stars formed at relatively low redshifts (z <~ 2). We combine the global rate of star formation with stellar population synthesis models to compute the mean comoving emissivity and mean intensity of background radiation from far-UV to far-IR wavelengths. These predictions are consistent with all the available measurements and observational limits, including recent results from HST and COBE. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, LaTeX, macros included, 1 embedded figure, to appear in "HST and the High Redshift Universe" (proceedings of the 37th Herstmonceaux Conference, held in Cambridge, UK, July 1996) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9611155 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9611155 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10843 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | A Global Perspective on Star Formation | |
| dc.type | text |