1996/11/20 by S. Michael Fall, Fall, S. Michael · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9611155
6 pages, LaTeX, macros included, 1 embedded figure, to appear in "HST and the High Redshift Universe" (proceedings of the 37th Herstmonceaux Conference, held in Cambridge, UK, July 1996)
arxiv created 1996/11/20 · openalex publication_date 1996/11/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We outline a method to infer the global history of star formation in galaxies with input only from absorption-line observations of quasars. The application of the method to existing data leads to the conclusion that most stars formed at relatively low redshifts (z