A cloud-scale view on molecular gas and star formation in nearby galaxies

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• Eva Schinnerer(MPIA)
• Thursday 29 January 2026, 16:00-17:00
• Hoyle Lecture Theatre, Institute of Astronomy (and online - details to be sent by e-mail).

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Star formation is a vital process for stellar mass growth during the evolution of galaxies. Our understanding of where stars form and how their formation is regulated across galactic disks is surprisingly incomplete. Cloud-scale observations that resolve the sites of recent (or future) star formation and allow for sampling the time evolution of the star formation process have become possible with instruments such as ALMA , HST, VLT /MUSE and recently JWST . Comprehensive surveys such as PHANGS (Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS) enabling the study of the molecular gas reservoir, dust and embedded star formation, young stellar clusters and stellar feedback at comparable resolution have provided first robust insights on how the molecular gas—star formation—stellar feedback cycle depends on environment.

This talk is part of the The Kavli Lectures series.

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