The Effect of the ISM Model on Star Formation Properties in Galactic Discs
arXiv:0711.0230
Abstract
Modelling global disc galaxies is a difficult task which has previously resulted in the small scale physics of the interstellar medium being greatly simplified. In this talk, I compare simulations of galaxies with different ISM properties to determine the importance of the ISM structure in the star formation properties of the disc.
4 pages, proceedings from the conference "Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks", Rome, October 1-5, 2007. To be published in the series of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific