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About 15%-60% of all supernova remnants are estimated to interact with dense molecular clouds. In these high density environments, radiative losses are significant. The cooling radiation can be observed in forbidden lines at optical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-25 P. Smirnova , E. I. Makarenko , S. D. Clarke , E. Glukhov , S. Walch , I. Vaezzadeh , D. Seifried

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) is a crucial component of galaxy evolution, but thus far its physical properties are highly unconstrained. As of yet, no cosmological simulation has reached convergence when it comes to constraining the cold…

We examine a sample of 106 galaxies for which the total luminosities of the two fine structure lines $^{3}P_1$$\rightarrow $$^{3}P_{0}$, and $^{3}P_2$$\rightarrow $$^{3}P_{1}$ of neutral atomic carbon (C) are available, and find their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-22 Padelis Papadopoulos , Loretta Dunne , Steve Maddox

We devise a physical model of formation and distribution of molecular gas clouds in galaxies. We use the model to predict the intensities of rotational transition lines of carbon monoxide (CO) and the molecular hydrogen (H$_{\rm 2}$)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Shigeki Inoue , Naoki Yoshida , Hidenobu Yajima

Observations of nearby molecular clouds detect "shells", which are likely caused by winds from young main sequence stars. However, the progenitors of these observed features are not well characterized and the mass-loss rates inferred from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-07 S. S. R. Offner , H. G. Arce

Multi-wavelength surveys place cloud dispersal at 1-5 Myr after massive stars emerge, before the first supernovae. Whether a cloud disperses, re-collapses, or leaks Lyman-continuum (LyC) photons depends on how pre-supernova winds, radiation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-28 Jia Wei Teh , Ralf S. Klessen , Simon C. O. Glover , Kathryn Kreckel

A set of diffuse interstellar clouds in the inner Galaxy within a few hundred pc of the Galactic plane has been observed at an angular resolution of ~1 arcmin combining data from the NRAO Green Bank Telescope and the Very Large Array. At…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Yurii Pidopryhora , Felix J. Lockman , John M. Dickey , Michael P. Rupen

We calculate the evolution of molecular line profiles of HCO$^+$ and C$^{18}$O toward a dense core thatis forming inside a magnetized turbulent molecular cloud. Features of the profiles can be affected more significantly by coupled velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-07-22 Jeong-Eun Lee , Jongsoo Kim

Over the last decade, observations of the cool interstellar medium in distant galaxies via molecular and atomic fine structure line emission has gone from a curious look into a few extreme, rare objects, to a mainstream tool to study galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Chris Carilli , Fabian Walter

Diffuse gamma-ray emission from interstellar clouds results largely from cosmic ray (CR) proton collisions with ambient gas, regardless of the gas state, temperature, or dust properties of the cloud. The interstellar medium is predominantly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-11 Ryan D. Abrahams , Alex Teachey , Timothy A. D. Paglione

We report the results of a rocket-borne observation of [C II] 158\micron line and far-infrared continuum emission at 152.5\micron toward the high latitude molecular clouds in Ursa Major. We also present the results of a follow-up…

The mass of molecular gas in an interstellar cloud is often measured using line emission from low rotational levels of CO, which are sensitive to the CO mass, and then scaling to the assumed molecular hydrogen H_2 mass. However, a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Mark G. Wolfire , David Hollenbach , Christopher F. McKee

Some theories of dense molecular cloud formation involve dynamical environments driven by converging atomic flows or collisions between preexisting molecular clouds. The determination of the dynamics and physical conditions of the gas in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 I. Jimenez-Serra , P. Caselli , F. Fontani , J. C. Tan , J. D. Henshaw , J. Kainulainen , A. K. Hernandez

In high-resolution X-ray observations of the hot plasma in clusters of galaxies significant structures caused by AGN feedback, mergers, and turbulence can be detected. Many clusters have been observed by Chandra in great depth and at high…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 F. Hofmann , J. S. Sanders , K. Nandra , N. Clerc , M. Gaspari

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) of nearby star-forming galaxies show clear indications of \ion{O}{6} absorption accompanied by little to no \ion{N}{5} absorption. This unusual spectral signature, accompanied by absorption from lower…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-17 Edward Buie , William Gray , Evan Scannapieco

It is important to understand the origin of molecular line intensities and chemical composition in the molecular-cloud scale in the Galactic sources because it serves as a benchmark to compare with the chemical compositions of extragalactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-13 Nanase Harada , Yuri Nishimura , Yoshimasa Watanabe , Satoshi Yamamoto , Yuri Aikawa , Nami Sakai , Takashi Shimonishi

Molecular clouds are regions of dense gas and dust in space where new stars and planets are born. There is a strong correlation between the distribution of dust and molecular gas in molecular clouds. The present work focuses on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-28 Rui-Zhi Li , Bing-Qiu Chen , Guang-Xing Li , Bo-Ting Wang , Hao-Ming Ren , Qi-Ning Guo

Turbulent diffuse molecular clouds can exhibit complicated morphologies caused by the interactions among radiation, chemistry, fluids, and fields. We performed full 3D simulations for turbulent diffuse molecular interstellar media,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-17 Nannan Yue , Lile Wang , Thomas Bisbas , Donghui Quan , Di Li

Gas and dust properties in the Chamaeleon molecular cloud complex have been investigated with emission lines from atomic hydrogen (HI) and 12CO molecule, dust optical depth at 353 GHz ($\tau_{353}$), and $J$-band infrared extinction…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-26 Katsuhiro Hayashi , Ryuji Okamoto , Hiroaki Yamamoto , Takahiro Hayakawa , Kengo Tachihara , Yasuo Fukui

Context. Molecular Clouds (MCs) are the place where stars are formed and their feedback starts to take place, regulating the evolution of galaxies. Therefore, MCs represent the critical scale at which to study how ultra-violet (UV) photons…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-12 Fabio Di Mascia , Andrea Pallottini , Laura Sommovigo , Davide Decataldo