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Aims. We aim to understand the unexpected presence of mm-wave molecular absorption at -200 \kms $< {\rm v} < -140$ \kms\ in a direction that is well away from regions of the Galactic bulge where CO emission at such velocities is prominent.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-29 M. Gerin , H. Liszt

We have observed the 70 $\mu$m dark infrared dark cloud (IRDC) G14.492-00.139 in the N$_2$D$^+$ $J$=3--2, DCO$^+$ $J$=3--2, DCN $J$=3--2, and C$^{18}$O $J$=2--1 lines, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) as part of…

We present results from observations of NH_3(1,1), (2,2), (3,3), and (6,6) with the Very Large Array. The data sample the inner 10 pc (4') of the Galaxy and have a velocity coverage of -140 to +130 km/s. The velocity integrated NH_3(3,3)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Robeson M. Herrnstein , Paul T. P. Ho

We present submm images of Sgr A* and its surroundings obtained at 800, 600 and 450 $\mu$m with the JCMT and derive flux densities of Sgr A* at all three wave- lengths. Combined with upper limits by Gezari and associates at MIR wavelengths…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Zylka , P. G. Mezger , D. Ward-Thompson , W. J. Duschl , H. Lesch

Up to now, mostly relatively simple molecules have been detected in interstellar diffuse molecular clouds in our galaxy, but more complex species have been reported in the diffuse/translucent medium of a z = 0.89 spiral galaxy. We aim at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-20 V. Thiel , A. Belloche , K. M. Menten , R. T. Garrod , H. S. P. Müller

We have surveyed the core regions of the z = 1.46 cluster XCS J2215.9-1738 with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the MUSE-GALACSI spectrograph on the VLT. We obtained high spatial resolution observations with ALMA of the 1.2 mm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-28 Stuart M. Stach , A. M. Swinbank , Ian Smail , Matt Hilton , J. M. Simpson , E. A. Cooke

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Band 6 observations of dust continuum emission of the disk around WW Cha. The dust continuum image shows a smooth disk structure with a faint (low-contrast) dust ring, extending…

Aiming at a better understand of the physical and chemical processes in the hot molecular core stage of high-mass star formation, we observed the prototypical hot core G29.96-0.02 in the 862mu band with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Beuther , Q. Zhang , E. A. Bergin , T. K. Sridharan , T. R. Hunter , S. Leurini

Young massive stars warm up the large amount of gas and dust which condenses in their vicinity, exciting a forest of lines from different molecular species. Their line brightness is a diagnostic tool of the gas physical conditions locally,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-24 A. Sanna , A. Giannetti , M. Bonfand , L. Moscadelli , R. Kuiper , J. Brand , R. Cesaroni , A. Caratti o Garatti , T. Pillai , K. M. Menten

We analyzed 11 epochs of archival Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) data to investigate flux density variability of Sgr A* at 340 GHz. In one epoch, the light curve exhibits two short-timescale components with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-13 Kazuki Yanagisawa , Tomoharu Oka , Tatsuya Kotani , Ryo Ariyama , Kazuki Yanagihara , Yuhei Iwata

NGC 4945 is one of the nearest (~3.8 Mpc; 1" ~ 19 pc) starburst galaxies. ALMA band 3 (3--4\,mm) observations of HCN, HCO+, CS, C3H2, SiO, HCO, and CH3C2H were carried out with ~2" resolution. The lines reveal a rotating nuclear disk of…

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) continuum observations of a sample of nine star-forming galaxies at redshifts 1.47 and 2.23 selected from the High-$z$ Emission Line Survey (HiZELS). Four galaxies in our sample…

We report a survey of molecular gas in galaxies in the XMMXCS J2215.9-1738 cluster at $z=1.46$. We have detected emission lines from 17 galaxies within a radius of $R_{200}$ from the cluster center, in Band 3 data of the Atacama Large…

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of CO lines and dust continuum emission of the source RCSGA 032727--132609, a young $z=1.7$ low-metallicity starburst galaxy. The CO(3-2) and CO(6-5) lines, and continuum…

Dense cores in massive, parsec-scale molecular clumps are sites that harbor protocluster formation. We present results from observations towards a hub-filament structure of a massive Infrared Dark Cloud (IRDC) G14.225-0.506 using the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-14 Yanhanle Zhao , Qizhou Zhang , Junhao Liu , Xing Pan , Lingzhen Zeng

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), we investigated a peculiar millimeter source MMS 3 located in the Orion Molecular Cloud 3 (OMC-3) region in the 1.3 mm continuum, CO ($J$=2-1), SiO ($J$=5-4), C$^{18}$O…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-08 Kaho Morii , Satoko Takahashi , Masahiro N. Machida

The Galactic Center is an excellent laboratory for studying phenomena and physical processes that may be occurring in many other galactic nuclei. The Center of our Milky Way is by far the closest galactic nucleus, and observations with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Reinhard Genzel , Frank Eisenhauer , Stefan Gillessen

We consider the capabilities for detecting low order CO emission lines from high-z galaxies using the next generation of radio telescopes operating at 22 and 43 GHz. We employ models for the evolution of dusty star forming galaxies based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. L. Carilli , A. W. Blain

Studying molecular gas in nearby galaxies using hydrogen cyanide (HCN) as a tracer for higher densities than CO emission still poses a significant challenge. Even though several galaxies have HCN maps on a few kpc scales, higher-resolution…

Current observations favour that the massive ultraviolet-bright clumps with a median stellar mass of $\sim 10^7~M_{\odot}$, ubiquitously observed in $z\sim 1-3$ galaxies, are star-forming regions formed in-situ in galaxies. It has been…