The Multiphase Astrophysics to Unveil the Virgo Environment (MAUVE) project is a multi-facility programme exploring how dense environments transform galaxies. Combining a VLT/MUSE P110 Large Programme and ALMA observations of 40 late-type Virgo Cluster galaxies, MAUVE resolves star formation, kinematics, and chemical enrichment within their molecular gas discs. A key goal is to track the evolution of cold gas that survives in the inner regions of satellites after entering the cluster, and how it evolves across different infall stages. With its high spatial resolution -- probing down to the physical scales of giant molecular cloud complexes -- and multiphase synergy, MAUVE aims to offer a time-resolved view of environmental quenching and set a new benchmark for cluster galaxy studies.
@article{arxiv.2511.17028,
title = {Multiphase Astrophysics to Unveil the Virgo Environment (MAUVE)},
author = {Barbara Catinella and Luca Cortese and Jiayi Sun and Toby Brown and Eric Emsellem and Amelia Fraser-McKelvie and Adam B. Watts and Amy Attwater and Andrew Battisti and Alessandro Boselli and Woorak Choi and Aeree Chung and Elisabete da Cunha and Timothy A. Davis and Sara Ellison and Pavel Jáchym and Maria J. Jimenez-Donaire and Tutku Kolcu and Bumhyun Lee and James McGregor and Ian Roberts and Eva Schinnerer and Kristine Spekkens and Sabine Thater and David Thilker and Jesse van de Sande and Vicente Villanueva and Thomas G. Williams and Nikki Zabel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17028},
year = {2025}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures. Published in the ESO Messenger 195