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The Star Formation Reference Survey - III. A multiwavelength view of star formation in nearby galaxies

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  • We present multiwavelength global star formation rate (SFR) estimates for 326 galaxies from the Star Formation Reference Survey in order to determine the mutual scatter and range of validity of different indicators. The widely used empirical SFR recipes based on 1.4 GHz continuum, 8.0 μm polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and a combination of far-infrared (FIR) plus ultraviolet (UV) emission are mutually consistent with scatter of ≲0.3 dex. The scatter is even smaller, ≲0.24 dex, in the intermediate luminosity range 9.35 × 109 L or with implied far-UV extinction <1 mag, the UV spectral slope gives extinction corrections with 0.22 dex uncertainty.

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  • 2019

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