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Paper: Accretion Regulated Star Formation in Late-Type Galaxies
Volume: 440, UP2010: Have Observations Revealed a Variable Upper End of the Initial Mass Function?
Page: 403
Authors: Pflamm-Altenburg, J.; Hensler, G.
Abstract: We develop a four-phase galaxy evolution model in order to study the effect of accretion of extra-galactic gas on the star formation rate (SFR) of a galaxy. Pure self-regulated star formation of isolated galaxies is replaced by an accretion-regulated star formation mode. The SFR settles into an equlibrium determined entirely by the gas accretion rate on a Gyr time scale.
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