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Paper: Multi-wavelength Diagnostics of Star Formation Rates
Volume: 381, The Second Annual Spitzer Science Center Conference: Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution
Page: 103
Authors: Kennicutt, R.C. Jr.: the SINGS Team
Abstract: An important science goal of SINGS is to develop hybrid extinction-corrected star formation rate (SFR) indices, based on the combination of infrared with optical and/or ultraviolet SFR tracers. These can provide the most robust extinction-free estimates of SFRs We present preliminary results from two studies that use the combination of Hα and the 24 μm luminosities of galaxies to derive extinction-corrected ionizing fluxes and SFRs for HII regions and galaxies, respectively. These have been applied to measure the form of the spatiallyresolved SFR vs gas density Schmidt law in M51.
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