Astrophysical: Star formation

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    Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and GRANTECAN help to show how the first galaxies were formed
    One of the most interesting questions for astrophysicists for the past few decades is how and when did the first galaxies form. One of the possible answers to...
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    Impact of metallicity and star formation rate on the time-dependent, galaxy-wide stellar initial mass function
    The stellar initial mass function (IMF) is commonly assumed to be an invariant probability density distribution function of initial stellar masses. These...
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    Impacts of Bar-driven Shear and Shocks on Star Formation
    Bars drive gas inflow. As the gas flows inward, shocks and shear occur along the bar dust lanes. Such shocks and shear can affect the star formation (SF) and...
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    Infrared images and radio continuum of the H II region G 352.2+0.9.
    The component G 352.2+0.9 of the H II region/star forming complex NGC 6357 has been studied using near IR images and VLA radio continuum observations at 6 cm.
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    Infrared studies of H II regions - The Sharpless regions S148, 184, 198, 206 and 269
    The results of a combined near-infrared and IRAS mapping study of five H II regions are presented for which fairly complete information at optical and radio...
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    Initial mass function variability from the integrated light of diverse stellar systems
    We present a uniform analysis of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) from integrated light spectroscopy of 15 compact stellar systems (11 globular clusters...
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    INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics - IV. The initial mass function slope in relics
    In the last decade, growing evidence has emerged supporting a non-universal stellar initial mass function (IMF) in massive galaxies, with a larger number of...
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    INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics - V. A catalogue of ultra-compact massive galaxies outside the local Universe and their degree of relicness
    This paper presents the third data release of the INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics (INSPIRE) project, comprising 52 ultra-compact massive galaxies...
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    INSPIRE: INvestigating Stellar Population In RElics - VI. The low-mass end slope of the stellar initial mass function and chemical composition
    The INSPIRE project has built the largest sample of ultra-compact massive galaxies (UCMGs) at 0.1 < z < 0.4 and obtained their star formation histories (SFHs)...