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The Rate of Star Formation

Maarten Schmidt
- 01 Mar 1959 - 
- Vol. 129, pp 243
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This article is published in The Astrophysical Journal.The article was published on 1959-03-01. It has received 2251 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Star formation & Kennicutt–Schmidt law.

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