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Star Formation in thin Disks of Spiral Galaxies Seen Face-On

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Estimates of the integrated (SFR) and specific (sSFR) rates of star formation are given for 181 galaxies of later Sc, Scd, and Sd types seen almost face-on. Their SFRs were determined from FUV fluxes in the GALEX survey. The median values of the sSFR are: -10.66 dex for Sc, -10.44 dex for Scd, and -10.40 dex for Sd types in units of yr-1. The average value of the sSFR for these galaxies falls off smoothly from low-mass to giant disks. After accounting for photometric errors, the specific star formation rate has a small cosmic variation of 0.16 dex. In order to reproduce the observed stellar mass on a cosmic time of 13.8 Gyr, the galaxies without bulges viewed face-on must have had an SFR two-three times higher in the past than observed now.

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  1. Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

    V. E. Karachentseva

  2. Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAN), Nizhnii Arkhiz, Karachaevo-Cherkessian Republic, Russia

    I. D. Karachentsev & O. G. Kashibadze

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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 177-191 (May 2020)

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Karachentseva, V.E., Karachentsev, I.D. & Kashibadze, O.G. Star Formation in thin Disks of Spiral Galaxies Seen Face-On. Astrophysics 63, 151–165 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10511-020-09622-7

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