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Tracking the flow of interstellar gas across scales: from galaxies to star clusters
Abstract
While the baryon cycle of the interstellar medium - and its ability to form stars - plays a key role in galaxy evolution, unravelling the physical processes driving its evolution remains a critical challenge, given that present-day observing facilities are unable to map entire galactic ecosystems down to the scales of individual star-forming clumps. Here, we outline the technical requirements that would enable, for the first time, to connect the small (pc) scale physics of star formation, to the large (tens-of-kpc) scales of galaxies, enabling an effective tracking of the flows of matter and energy across a vast range of environments, and answering the long-standing question of what regulates star formation across cosmic time.
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BibTeX
@misc{duartecabral2026tracking,
title = {{Tracking the flow of interstellar gas across scales: from galaxies to star clusters}},
author = {Ana Duarte-Cabral and Maxime Valeille-Manet and Mathilde Bouvier and Miguel Querejeta and Jan Forbrich and Daniela Calzetti and Cecilia Bacchini and Frédérique Motte and Maria J. Jimenez-Donaire and Bruce G. Elmegreen and Dieu D. Nguyen and Alessio Traficante and Alvaro Hacar and Nicolas Peretto and Francesco Salvestrini and Laura Colzi and Thomas G. Williams and Timothy A. Davis and Tony Wong and Helena Faustino Vieira and Eva Durán-Camacho and Victor M. Rivilla and Kate Pattle and Sean T. Linden and Rosita Paladino and Ilaria Ruffa and Shih-Ping Lai and Elias Brinks and Eva Schinnerer and Drew Lapeer and Theotokis Georgatos and Miguel Pereira-Santaella and Ivanna Langan},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.21661},
eprint = {2610.21661},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.21661},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Tracking the flow of interstellar gas across scales: from galaxies to star clusters
AU - Ana Duarte-Cabral
AU - Maxime Valeille-Manet
AU - Mathilde Bouvier
AU - Miguel Querejeta
AU - Jan Forbrich
AU - Daniela Calzetti
AU - Cecilia Bacchini
AU - Frédérique Motte
AU - Maria J. Jimenez-Donaire
AU - Bruce G. Elmegreen
AU - Dieu D. Nguyen
AU - Alessio Traficante
AU - Alvaro Hacar
AU - Nicolas Peretto
AU - Francesco Salvestrini
AU - Laura Colzi
AU - Thomas G. Williams
AU - Timothy A. Davis
AU - Tony Wong
AU - Helena Faustino Vieira
AU - Eva Durán-Camacho
AU - Victor M. Rivilla
AU - Kate Pattle
AU - Sean T. Linden
AU - Rosita Paladino
AU - Ilaria Ruffa
AU - Shih-Ping Lai
AU - Elias Brinks
AU - Eva Schinnerer
AU - Drew Lapeer
AU - Theotokis Georgatos
AU - Miguel Pereira-Santaella
AU - Ivanna Langan
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/15
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.21661
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.21661
AB - While the baryon cycle of the interstellar medium - and its ability to form stars - plays a key role in galaxy evolution, unravelling the physical processes driving its evolution remains a critical challenge, given that present-day observing facilities are unable to map entire galactic ecosystems down to the scales of individual star-forming clumps. Here, we outline the technical requirements that would enable, for the first time, to connect the small (pc) scale physics of star formation, to the large (tens-of-kpc) scales of galaxies, enabling an effective tracking of the flows of matter and energy across a vast range of environments, and answering the long-standing question of what regulates star formation across cosmic time.
ER -