Regulation of star formation in giant galaxies by precipitation, feedback and conduction

G. M. Voit (), M. Donahue, G. L. Bryan and M. McDonald
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G. M. Voit: 567 Wilson Road, Michigan State University
M. Donahue: 567 Wilson Road, Michigan State University
G. L. Bryan: 1328 Pupin Physics Lab, MC 5246, 550 West 120th Street, New York 10027, USA
M. McDonald: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

Nature, 2015, vol. 519, issue 7542, 203-206

Abstract: Observations confirm models of galaxy cooling in which cold clouds precipitate out of hot gas via thermal instability, and the precipitation threshold is incorporated into a theoretical framework that explains how precipitation and thermal conduction regulate star formation.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nature14167

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