Speaker
Nalin Vutisalchavakul
(University of Texas at Austin)
Description
Combining several large scale Galactic plane surveys, we studied the gas distribution and star formation activities in part of the Galactic plane. Star formation rates were determined from infrared data obtained from WISE and Spitzer surveys. The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey provided the data of 1.1mm dust continuum and dense gas tracers, while the Galactic Ring Survey provided the data of 13CO. We investigated the relation between gas mass and star formation rates at different spatial scales to study the star formation relation in the Milky Way and connect the result to extragalactic studies.
Author
Nalin Vutisalchavakul
(University of Texas at Austin)