Characterizing uniform star formation efficiencies with marginally stable galactic discs
Characterizing uniform star formation efficiencies with marginally stable galactic discs
We examine the H i-based star formation efficiency (|${\rm SFE}_{{\rm H\,\small {I}}}$|), the ratio of star formation rate to the atomic hydrogen (H i) mass, in the context of a constant stability star-forming disc model. Our observations of H i-selected galaxies show |${\rm SFE}_{{\rm H\,\small {I}}}$| to be fairly constant …