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We present results obtained towards the HII regions N159, N166, and N132 from the emission of several molecular lines in the 345 GHz window. Using ASTE we mapped a 2.4' $\times$ 2.4' region towards the molecular cloud N159-W in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-11 S. Paron , M. E. Ortega , C. Fariña , M. Cunningham , P. A. Jones , M. Rubio

This document presents the results from our spectroscopic survey of Halpha emitters in galactic and SMC open clusters with the ESO Wide Field Imager in its slitless spectroscopic mode. First of all, for the galactic open cluster NGC6611, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-26 Christophe Martayan , Dietrich Baade , Juan Fabregat

How does molecular cloud chemistry change with metallicity? In this work, we study the relation between molecular hydrogen ($H_2$) and carbon monoxide (CO) at $1/2$ and $1/5$ solar metallicity using ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-18 Kirill Tchernyshyov , Jessica K. Werk , Julia Roman-Duval

We have observed molecular-line transitions between 84 and 147 GHz in 24 dense southern molecular clouds with declinations south of -30 degrees using the Mopra and SEST radio telescopes. The results of observations of 2-mm and 3-mm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maria R. Hunt Cunningham , John B. Whiteoak , Paul A. Jones , Graeme L. White

We analyze the line ratio of the $^{13}$CO (2-1) to $^{12}$CO (2-1) rotational transitions observed from new ALMA observations of 100 Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) that span the Large Magellanic Cloud. We measure a median line ratio of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-19 Dia Kalra , Erik Rosolowsky , Adam Leroy , Remy Indebetouw

We present single-dish (sub)millimeter observations of gas and dust in the Galactic high-mass star-forming region G19.61-0.23, with the aim of studying the large-scale properties and physical conditions of the molecular gas across the…

We present a large-scale simultaneous survey of the CO isotopologues ($\rm {}^{12}{CO}$, $\rm{}^{13}{CO}$, and $\rm{C}{}^{18}{O}$) J = 1 ${-}$ 0 line emission toward the Galactic plane region of l = 106.65$^\circ$ to 109.50$^\circ$ and b =…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-30 Chun-Xue Li , Hong-Chi Wang , Yue-Hui Ma , Miao-Miao Zhang , Chong Li , Yu-Qing Zheng

We present an analysis of high-resolution optical spectra recorded for 30 stars of the split extended main-sequence turnoff (eMSTO) of the young ($\sim$ 40 Myr) Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) globular cluster NGC 330. Spectra were obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-18 Paul I. Cristofari , Andrea K. Dupree , Antonino P. Milone , Matthew G. Walker , Mario Mateo , Aaron Dotter , John I. Bailey

In order to study the ISM and the interplay between the atomic and molecular components in a low-metallicity environment, we present a complete high angular and spectral resolution map and data cube of the 12CO(2-1) emission from the Local…

Optical emission lines across the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) have been measured from multiple fields using the Australian National University (ANU) 2.3m telescope with the Wide-Field Spectrograph (WiFeS). Interpolated maps of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-11 Philip Lah , Matthew Colless , Francesco D'Eugenio , Brent Groves , Joseph D. Gelfand

The Galactic Center regions $-6^\circ \le l \le 6^\circ$ and $-0.8^\circ \le b \le 0.87^\circ$ are surveyed with HCN J=1$-$0 line (88.6 GHz) on a 4$'$ grid with the 14 m telescope at the Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory. The data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Chang Won Lee

Observations of various molecular lines toward a disk region of a nearby galaxy are now feasible, and they are being employed as diagnostic tools to study star-formation activities there. However, the spatial resolution attainable for a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-17 Yuri Nishimura , Yoshimasa Watanabe , Nanase Harada , Kotaro Kohno , Satoshi Yamamoto

We observed five giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in the 12CO J=1-0 line using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The sample includes four GMCs with some signs of star formation --…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-17 Tsuyoshi Sawada , Jin Koda , Tetsuo Hasegawa

We used the ARO 12m antenna to observe emission from the J=1-0 lines of carbon monoxide, \hcop\ and HNC and the J=2-1 line of CS toward and around the continuum peak used for absorption studies and we compare them with CH, HNC, C\p\ and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-13 Harvey Liszt , Maryvonne Gerin

We conducted observations and analyses of the molecular cloud, N4, which is located at ~40 pc from SS433 and the same line of sight as that of the radio shell, in 12CO(J=1-0), 12CO(J=3-2), 13CO(J=3-2), and grand-state OH emissions.N4 has a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-30 Hiroaki Yamamoto , Ryuji Okamoto , Yasuhiro Murata , Hiroyuki Nakanishi , Hiroshi Imai , Kohei Kurahara

As an ongoing study of Magellanic Cloud PNe we have obtained UV spectra of 9 PNe in the SMC to measure their carbon abundances. The spectra have been acquired with ACS HRC/PR200L and SBC/PR130L. The ACS prisms give a reasonable resolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 T. -H. Lee , L. Stanghellini , R. A. Shaw , B. Balick , E. Villaver

H2 column densities towards CO clouds in the LMC and SMC are estimated from their far-infrared surface brightness and HI column density. N(H2)/I(CO) conversion factors are X(LMC) = 1.3 and X(SMC) = 12 (unit: 10**21 mol cm**-2 (K km/s)**-1).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 F. P. Israel

We present molecular spectroscopy toward 50 Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) taken at millimeter wavelengths in 12CO and 13CO J=2-1 with the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope as part of a systematic survey for broad molecular line…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 Charles D. Kilpatrick , John H. Bieging , George H. Rieke

New observations of 11 compact galaxies in the 12CO J=2-1 and J=3-2 transitions and literature data have been used to construct accurate line ratios in matched beams allowing LVG modelling of physical parameters. Fitting a single gas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. P. Israel

We report the results of a 100 square degree survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud region in the J = 1-0 transition of 12CO and 13CO. The image of the cloud in each velocity channel includes ~ 3 million Nyquist sampled pixels on a 20" grid.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-08 Paul F. Goldsmith , Mark Heyer , Gopal Narayanan , Ronald Snell , Di Li , Chris Brunt