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The H II Regions’ Molecular Law of Star Formation

  • Authors: Daniela Calzetti, Drew Lapeer, Robert C. Kennicutt, Bruce Elmegreen, Sean T. Linden, Mark R. Krumholz, Angela Adamo, Daniel A. Dale, Karin Sandstrom, Giacomo Bortolini, Michele Cignoni, Matteo Correnti, Ana Duarte-Cabral, Helena Faustino Vieira, John S. Gallagher, Kathryn Grasha, Mark Heyer, Leslie K. Hunt, Kelsey E. Johnson, Ralf S. Klessen, Thomas S.-Y. Lai, Desika Narayanan, Göran Östlin, Alex Pedrini, Elena Sabbi, John-David T. Smith, Linda J. Smith, Monica Tosi, Varun Bajaj, Martha Boyer, Tony D. Weinbeck

Daniela Calzetti et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1008 .

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(Left) The molecular SF law of the local H II regions in comparison with that of local infrared-bright starbursts (U/LIRGs, magenta squares, R. C. Kennicutt & M. A. C. De Los Reyes 2021) and ∼400–500 pc regions in a few local U/LIRGs (dark-red triangles, C. D. Wilson et al. 2019). The blue line and shaded region are the best fit for the H II regions (see Figure 5, left). (Right) The molecular SF law of the local H II regions in comparison with that of the average values of resolved regions at redshifts z ∼ 1 (M. Messa et al. 2022; M. Dessauges-Zavadsky et al. 2023, purple square), z ∼ 3 (P. Sharda et al. 2018, cyan square), z ∼ 4 (J. A. Hodge et al. 2015, red square), and z ∼ 5 (dark-red square, C. Accard et al. 2025) and that of a few starburst galaxies at z ∼ 2.5 (blue and magenta squares with uncertainties, C. E. Sharon et al. 2013, 2019; M. Dessauges-Zavadsky et al. 2025). The z ∼ 1 point is shown as a lower limit as some star-forming regions are unresolved (M. Messa et al. 2022). The blue lines and shaded area are the best fit from Figure 5, left.

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