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We present molecular line mapping of the Giant Molecular Cloud G1.6-0.025, which is located at the high longitude end of the Central Molecular Zone of our Galaxy. We assess the degree of star formation activity in that region using several…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Karl M. Menten , Robert W. Wilson , Silvia Leurini , Peter Schilke

We carried out observations toward the giant molecular cloud W 37 with the $J = 1 - 0$ transitions of $^{12}$CO, $^{13}$CO, and C$^{18}$O using the 13.7 m single-dish telescope at the Delingha station of Purple Mountain Observatory. Based…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-20 Xiaoliang Zhan , Zhibo Jiang , Zhiwei Chen , Miaomiao Zhang , Chao Song

We present a catalogue of 453 molecular clouds in M31 extracted from CO J=1-0 data observed with CARMA using a dendrogram. Our clouds have the mean values of 2.8 km s$^{-1}$, 22.1 pc and 10$^{5.2}$ M$_\odot$ for the velocity dispersion,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-30 J. Armijos-Abendaño , S. A. Eales , M. W. L. Smith

Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are the primary reservoirs of cold, star-forming molecular gas in the Milky Way and similar galaxies, and thus any understanding of star formation must encompass a model for GMC formation, evolution, and…

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is the closest low-metallicity galaxy to the Milky Way where the dynamical state of molecular clouds can be analyzed. We present a CO(2-1) survey at 9 pc resolution obtained with the APEX telescope in an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-19 H. P. Saldaño , M. Rubio , A. D. Bolatto , C. Verdugo , K. E. Jameson , A. K. Leroy

The Census of High- and Medium-mass Protostars (CHaMP) is the first large-scale, unbiased, uniform mapping survey at sub-parsec scale resolution of 90 GHz line emission from massive molecular clumps in the Milky Way. We present the first…

We present an approach for analysing the morphology and physical properties of Hi features near giant OB asso- ciations in M33, in the context of a model whereby the Hi excess arises from photodissociation of the molecular gas in remnants…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 J. S. Heiner , R. J. Allen , P. C. van der Kruit

We use young clusters and giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the galaxies M33 and M31 to constrain temporal and spatial scales in the star formation process. In M33, we compare the PHATTER catalogue of 1214 clusters with ages measured via…

Molecular clouds (MCs) are cradles of star and planet formation, thereby playing an important role in the evolution of galaxies. Based on the unbiased Milky Way Imaging Scroll Painting (MWISP) survey data of $^{12}$CO, $^{13}$CO, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-21 Xin Zhou , Ji Yang , Yan Sun , Qing-Zeng Yan , Lixia Yuan , Yang Su , Xuepeng Chen , Shaobo Zhang

A population of molecular clouds with a significantly greater scale height than that of Giant Molecular Clouds has been identified by examining maps of the latitude distribution of the $^{12}CO(1-0)$ emission in the first quadrant of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Sangeeta Malhotra

We present the first interferometric molecular line and dust emission maps for the Galactic Center (GC) cloud G0.253+0.016, observed using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter--wave Astronomy (CARMA) and the Submillimeter Array…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Jens Kauffmann , Thushara Pillai , Qizhou Zhang

The extended ultraviolet (XUV) disk galaxies are one of the most interesting objects studied in the last few years. The UV emission, revealed by GALEX, extends well beyond the optical disk, after the drop of H$\alpha$ emission, the usual…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-06 Isadora C. Bicalho , Francoise Combes , Monica Rubio , Celia Verdugo , Philippe Salome

The observed spectral bump in cosmic-ray (CR) proton and helium spectra, along with the phase and amplitude evolution of CR dipole anisotropy, provide plausible yet indirect evidence for the presence of a nearby CR source. This study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-25 Xing-Jian Lv , Xiao-Jun Bi , Kun Fang , Peng-Fei Yin , Meng-Jie Zhao

We present a catalog of clouds identified from the $^{12}$CO (1--0) data of M83, which was observed using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) with a spatial resolution of $\sim$46 pc and a mass sensitivity of $\sim$10$^4$…

I present high-resolution column density maps of two molecular clouds having strikingly different star formation rates. To better understand the unusual, massive G216-2.5, a molecular cloud with no massive star formation, the distribution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Nia Imara

We use the ~370 square degrees data from the MWISP CO survey to study the vertical distribution of the molecular clouds (MCs) toward the tangent points in the region of l=[16,52]deg and |b|<5.1deg. The molecular disk consists of two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-14 Yang Su , Ji Yang , Qing-Zeng Yan , Shaobo Zhang , Hongchi Wang , Yan Sun , Zhiwei Chen , Chen Wang , Xin Zhou , Xuepeng Chen , Zhibo Jiang , Min Wang

Most of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in M 33 are connected with spiral-like gaseous arms (filaments) with the exception of the inner 2 kpc region where the link between the arms and GMCs disappears (see Tosaki et al. 2011). We check…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-19 A. V. Zasov , S. A. Khoperskov

Studies of GMC evolution in galactic disks were limited to local, predominantly atom-rich small galaxies in the past, but have now been expanded to typical spiral galaxies with a rich molecular content. The evolution appears quite different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-22 Jin Koda

We present the statistical properties of molecular clumps in the Galactic center 50 km s$^{-1}$ molecular cloud (GCM-0.02-0.07) based on observations of the CS $J=1-0$ emission line with the Nobeyama Millimeter Array. In the cloud, 37…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Masato Tsuboi , Atsushi Miyazaki

Aims: To reveal the morphology, chemical composition, kinematics and to establish the main processes prevalent in the gas at the foot points of the giant molecular loops (GMLs) in the Galactic center region Methods: Using the 22-m Mopra…