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Deep interferometric observations of CO and dust continuum emission are obtained with the Sub-Millimeter Array (SMA) at 230 GHz to investigate the physical nature of the giant molecular cloud (GMC) population in the Andromeda galaxy (M31).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-06 Charles J. Lada , Jan Forbrich , Glen Petitpas , Sebastien Viaene

We present 45"-47" angular resolution maps at 50" sampling of the 12CO and 13CO J=1-0 emission toward a 1.39 deg x 1.33 deg region in the W51 HII region complex. These data permit the spatial and kinematic separation of several spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 John M. Carpenter , D. B. Sanders

We present the detection of a previously unknown giant molecular cloud (GMC) located at the midpoint of the Galactic Bar Dust Lanes (M4.7--0.8), using spectral line observations taken with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). This $\sim$60 pc…

The dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 185- the closest early-type galaxy with detectable molecular gas- offers a unique opportunity for high angular resolution studies of the interstellar medium in early-type galaxies. I present interferometric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 L. M. Young

We present high spatial resolution (12pc) Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array CO(J=3-2) observations of the nearby lenticular galaxy NGC4429. We identify 217 giant molecular clouds within the 450pc radius molecular gas disc. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-30 Lijie Liu , Martin Bureau , Leo Blitz , Timothy A. Davis , Kyoko Onishi , Mark Smith , Eve North , Satoru Iguchi

We present 12CO J=1-0 observations from the Caltech Millimeter Array of a field in the nearby spiral galaxy M81. We detect emission from three features that are the size of large giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the Milky Way Galaxy and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 C. L. Taylor , C. D. Wilson

We present an analysis of the systematic CO(2-1) survey at 12" resolution covering most of the local group spiral M 33 which, at a distance of 840 kpc, is close enough that individual giant molecular clouds (GMCs) can be identified. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 P. Gratier , J. Braine , N. J. Rodriguez-Fernandez , K. F. Schuster , C. Kramer , E. Corbelli , F. Combes , N. Brouillet , P. P. van der Werf , M. Röllig

We use high spatial resolution (~7pc) CARMA observations to derive detailed properties for 8 giant molecular clouds (GMCs) at a galactocentric radius corresponding to approximately two CO scale lengths, or ~0.5 optical radii (r25), in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 F. Bigiel , A. Bolatto , A. Leroy , L. Blitz , F. Walter , E. Rosolowsky , L. Lopez , R. Plambeck

We present the largest sample to date of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in a substantial spiral galaxy other than the Milky Way. We map the distribution of molecular gas with high resolution and image fidelity within the central 5 kpc of the…

We present the first interferometric CO(J=1->0) map of the entire H-alpha disk of M33. The 13" diameter synthesized beam corresponds to a linear resolution of 50 pc, sufficient to distinguish individual giant molecular clouds (GMCs). From…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Engargiola , R. Plambeck , E. Rosolowsky , L. Blitz

We compare the properties of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in M51 identified by the Plateau de Bure Interferometer Whirlpool Arcsecond Survey (PAWS) with GMCs identified in wide-field, high resolution surveys of CO emission in M33 and the…

This paper presents results from wide-field imaging of the globular cluster (GC) systems of five intermediate-luminosity (M_V ~-21 to -22) early-type galaxies. The aim is to accurately quantify the global properties of the GC systems by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jonathan R. Hargis , Katherine L. Rhode

We have conducted a $^{12}$CO(2-1) survey of several molecular gas complexes in the vicinity of H II regions within the spiral galaxy NGC 300 using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. Our observations attain a resolution of 10 pc and 1 km…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-25 Christopher M. Faesi , Charles J. Lada , Jan Forbrich

Filamentary flows toward the centre of molecular clouds have been recognized as a crucial process in the formation and evolution of stellar clusters. In this paper, we present a comprehensive observational study that investigates the gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-12 Vineet Rawat , M. R. Samal , D. L. Walker , D. K. Ojha , A. Tej , A. Zavagno , C. P. Zhang , Davide Elia , S. Dutta , J. Jose , C. Eswaraiah , E. Sharma

We investigate the formation and evolution of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in a Milky-Way-like disk galaxy with a flat rotation curve. We perform a series of 3D adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) numerical simulations that follow both the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Elizabeth J. Tasker , Jonathan C. Tan

Understanding mass, size, and surface mass density of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in galaxies is key to insights into star formation processes. We analyze these in M33 using Herschel dust and archival IRAM 30m telescope data, compared to…

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

Star formation on galactic scales is known to be a slow process, but whether it is slow on smaller scales is uncertain. We cross-correlate 5469 giant molecular clouds (GMCs) from a new all-sky catalog with 256 star forming complexes (SFCs)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-28 Eve J. Lee , Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschenes , Norman Murray

Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are the major reservoirs of molecular gas in galaxies, and the starting point for star formation. As such, their properties play a key role in setting the initial conditions for the formation of stars. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-16 Alberto D. Bolatto , Adam K. Leroy , Erik Rosolowsky , Fabian Walter , Leo Blitz

We use two existing molecular cloud catalogs derived from the same CO survey and two catalogs derived from local dust extinction surveys to investigate the nature of the GMC mass-size relation in the Galaxy. We find that the four surveys…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-22 C. J. Lada , T. M. Dame