List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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List of Contributors |
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Preface |
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Part I Background |
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3 | (22) |
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1.1 Star Formation in the Context of Galaxy Evolution |
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3 | (1) |
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1.3 Measuring Star-Formation Rates |
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1.4 Star-Formation 'Laws' |
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1.5 The Star-Formation Rate History of Galaxies |
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2 The Initial Mass Function of Stars and the Star-Formation Rates of Galaxies |
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2.2 Can the Initial Mass Function Be Measured? |
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27 | (1) |
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2.3 What Is the Shape of the Initial Mass Function? |
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28 | (1) |
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2.4 What Is the Mathematical Nature of the Initial. Mass Function? |
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29 | (7) |
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2.5 Does the Initial Mass Function Vary? |
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36 | (4) |
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2.6 Is the Initial Mass Function of a Simple Stellar Population Equal to That of a Composite Population? |
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40 | (10) |
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2.7 Implications for the SFRs of Galaxies |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (14) |
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3 Stellar Populations, Stellar Evolution, and Stellar Atmospheres |
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67 | (29) |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (7) |
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74 | (3) |
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3.4 Principles of Stellar Population and Spectral Synthesis |
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3.5 Existing Population Synthesis Models |
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83 | (2) |
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3.6 Further Considerations |
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85 | (3) |
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3.7 Looking to the Future |
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88 | (8) |
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4 Dust Extinction, Attenuation, and Emission |
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96 | (17) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (4) |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (3) |
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4.5 Recommendations - Resolved Stellar Populations |
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107 | (1) |
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4.6 Recommendations - Integrated Observations |
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107 | (6) |
Part II SFR Measurements |
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5 Star-Formation Rates from Resolved Stellar Populations |
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115 | (30) |
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115 | (1) |
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5.2 Brief Historical Overview |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (9) |
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5.4 Lifetime Star-Formation Histories |
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127 | (7) |
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134 | (11) |
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6 Star-Formation Measurements in Nearby Galaxies |
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145 | (14) |
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6.1 Conditions for a Reliable Star-Formation Rate Indicator |
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145 | (1) |
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6.2 Star-Formation Rates of Star-Forming Regions |
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146 | (8) |
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6.3 Star-Formation Rates within Galaxies |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (4) |
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7 Continuum and Emission-Line Star-Formation Rate Indicators |
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159 | (25) |
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7.1 Observing Star Formation in Galaxies |
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159 | (2) |
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7.2 Theoretical Considerations |
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161 | (15) |
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7.3 Observational Constraints |
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176 | (3) |
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179 | (5) |
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8 Star-Formation Rates from Spectral Energy Distributions of Galaxies |
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184 | (20) |
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184 | (1) |
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8.2 Why Spectral Energy Distributions to Estimate the Star-Formation Rate? |
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185 | (4) |
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8.3 What Information Can Be Extracted from the Spectral Energy Distribution? |
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189 | (4) |
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8.4 How to Estimate the Quality of the Fits and the Physical Parameters Associated to the Star Formation? |
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193 | (2) |
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8.5 What Kind of Star-Formation History? |
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195 | (2) |
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8.6 Codes and Ingredients |
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197 | (7) |
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9 Modelling the Spectral Energy Distribution of Star-Forming Galaxies with Radiative Transfer Methods |
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204 | (21) |
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9.2 The Propagation of Starlight in Star-Forming Galaxies |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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9.4 Geometries for Stars and Dust |
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208 | (2) |
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9.5 Calculating the SED of Galaxies |
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210 | (2) |
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9.6 Applications of Radiative-Transfer Modelling: Fitting the SEDs of Galaxies and Measuring Their SFRs |
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212 | (6) |
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9.7 Comparison between Radiative-Transfer Models and Phenomenological Models |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (6) |
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10 Measuring the Star-Formation Rate in Active Galactic Nuclei |
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225 | (18) |
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225 | (1) |
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10.2 The Physics of an AGN and Its Emission |
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226 | (2) |
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10.3 X-ray Identification |
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228 | (1) |
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10.4 Ultraviolet and Optical Continuum |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (3) |
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10.6 Mid-Infrared Emission |
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232 | (2) |
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10.7 Far-Infrared Emission |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (7) |
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11 High-Energy Star-Formation Rate Indicators |
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243 | (36) |
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243 | (1) |
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11.2 X-ray Emission from Galaxies |
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243 | (4) |
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11.3 Scaling Relations between X-ray Emission and Stellar Populations |
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247 | (7) |
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11.4 X-ray Binary Luminosity Functions |
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254 | (1) |
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11.5 Age and Metallicity Dependence of X-ray Binary Formation Efficiency and Luminosity Functions |
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255 | (4) |
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11.6 X-ray Binary Population Synthesis Models |
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259 | (1) |
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11.7 X-ray Emission as SFR Indicator: Promise and Complications |
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260 | (2) |
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11.8 Supernovae and Supernova Remnants |
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262 | (2) |
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11.9 γ-ray Emission and Star Formation |
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264 | (3) |
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11.10 γ-ray Bursts as Star-Formation Rate Probes |
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267 | (1) |
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11.11 Gravitational Waves as Star-Formation Rate Probes |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (10) |
Index |
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