Suppression of star formation in dwarf galaxies by photoelectric grain heating feedback

John C. Forbes (), Mark R. Krumholz, Nathan J. Goldbaum and Avishai Dekel
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John C. Forbes: University of California
Mark R. Krumholz: University of California
Nathan J. Goldbaum: National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois
Avishai Dekel: Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University

Nature, 2016, vol. 535, issue 7613, 523-525

Abstract: Simulations of dwarf galaxies that include photoelectric grain heating and supernovae indicate that the former is the dominant means by which these galaxies regulate their star formation rate, because the latter are unable to account for the observed large gas depletion times.

Date: 2016
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