The Properties of Dense Molecular Gas in the Milky Way and Galaxies
arXiv:0711.4605
Abstract
We review the evidence for a constant star formation rate per unit mass in dense molecular gas in the Milky Way and the extragalactic correlations of L_IR with L' from observations of dense molecular gas. We discuss the connection between the constant SFR/M interpretation in dense gas and the global Schmidt-Kennicutt star formation law.
7 pages. To appear in Massive Star Formation: Observations Confront Theory, ed. H. Beuther, ASP Conference Series
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