Tracking the flow of interstellar gas across scales: from galaxies to star clusters
The work outlines technical requirements for a next-generation sub-mm facility, ALMA2040, to bridge the gap between small-scale star formation physics (parsec scale) and large-scale galactic environments (kpc scale). By tracking interstellar gas flows across vast distances and multiple wavelengths, this capability is needed to understand how turbulence, gravity, and feedback regulate star formation across cosmic time.