We review progress over the past decade in observations of large-scale star formation, with
a focus on the interface between extragalactic and Galactic studies. Methods of measuring …

Context. Measuring how the physical properties of galaxies change across cosmic times is
essential to understand galaxy formation and evolution. With the advent of numerous ground …

Aims. We analyze the applicability of far-infrared fine-structure lines [Cii] 158 μm,[Oi] 63 μm,
and [Oiii] 88 μm to reliably trace the star formation rate (SFR) in a sample of low-metallicity …

Galaxy morphology is a product of how galaxies formed, how they interacted with their
environment, how they were influenced by internal perturbations, AGN, and dark matter, and …

We measure the star formation efficiency (SFE), the star formation rate (SFR) per unit of gas,
in 23 nearby galaxies and compare it with expectations from proposed star formation laws …

IR emission spectra are calculated for dust heated by starlight, for mixtures of amorphous
silicate and graphitic grains, including varying amounts of PAH particles. The models are …

Using free–free emission measured in the Ka band (26–40 GHz) for 10 star-forming regions
in the nearby galaxy NGC 6946, including its starbursting nucleus, we compare a number of …

ABSTRACT The KINGFISH project (Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: a Far-Infrared Survey
with Herschel) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey of 61 nearby (d< 30 Mpc) galaxies …

Physical dust models are presented for 65 galaxies in SINGS that are strongly detected in
the four IRAC bands and three MIPS bands. For each galaxy we estimate (1) the total dust …

ABSTRACT The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S 4 G) is the largest
available database of deep, homogeneous middle-infrared (mid-IR) images of galaxies of all …