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We present observations of the dense molecular gas tracers HCN, HNC, and HCO+ in the J=1-0 transition using ALMA. We supplement our datasets with previous observations of CO J=1-0, which traces the total molecular gas content. We separate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-01 Maximilien R. P. Schirm , Christine D. Wilson , Suzanne C. Madden , Dave L. Clements

We combine molecular gas masses inferred from CO emission in 500 star forming galaxies (SFGs) between z=0 and 3, from the IRAM-COLDGASS, PHIBSS1/2 and other surveys, with gas masses derived from Herschel far-IR dust measurements in 512…

We present a study of dense gas emission in the Milky Way in order to serve as a basis for comparison with extragalactic results. This study combines new observations of HCN, CS, and CO in individual GMCs and in the Milky Way plane with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Tamara T. Helfer , Leo Blitz

We investigate the relation between star formation rate (SFR) and gas surface densities in Galactic star forming regions using a sample of YSOs and massive clumps. Our YSO sample consists of objects located in 20 molecular clouds from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Amanda Heiderman , Neal J. Evans , Lori E. Allen , Tracy Huard , Mark Heyer

We report the detection of CN(N=3-2) emission towards the Cloverleaf quasar (z=2.56) based on observations with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. This is the first clear detection of emission from this radical at high redshift. CN…

The relationship between the star formation rate surface density and the molecular gas surface density in galaxies is key to understanding galaxy evolution. To investigate the molecular Kennicutt-Schmidt (K-S) relation and its dependence on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-13 Victoria G. G. Samboco , Ryan P. Keenan

The surface densities of star formation, Sigma_SFR, in 24 dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxies from the LITTLE THINGS survey are combined with gas surface densities and midplane pressures to examine the correlations found previously for spiral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-12 Bruce G. Elmegreen , Deidre A. Hunter , Edvige Corbelli

We have studied the molecular gas in the vicinity of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in three bulge-less spiral galaxies: NGC 1042, NGC 4178, and NGC 4395. The (1-0) and (2-1) transitions of gaseous carbon monoxide (CO) are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Torsten Boeker , Eva Schinnerer , Ute Lisenfeld

Far-infrared molecular emission is an important tool used to understand the excitation mechanisms of the gas in the inter-stellar medium of star-forming galaxies. In the present work, we model the emission from rotational transitions with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-23 M. V. Kazandjian , I. Pelupessy , R. Meijerink , F. P. Israel , C. M. Coppola , M. J. F. Rosenberg , M. Spaans

We observed 146 Galactic clumps in HCN (4-3) and CS (7-6) with the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE) 10-m telescope. A tight linear relationship between star formation rate and gas mass traced by dust continuum emission was…

H$_{\rm I}$ 21-cm and $^{12}$CO 2.6-mm line emissions respectively trace the atomic and molecular gas phases, but they miss most of the opaque H$_{\rm I}$ and diffuse H$_2$ present in the Dark Neutral Medium (DNM) at the transition between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-28 Q. Remy , I. A. Grenier , D. J. Marshall , J. M. Casandjian

Recent advances in identifying giant molecular filaments in galactic surveys allow us to study the interstellar material and its dense, potentially star forming phase on scales comparable to resolved extragalactic clouds. Two large…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-29 O. Feher , S. E. Ragan , F. D. Priestley , P. C. Clark , T. J. T. Moore

Multilevel observations of formaldehyde (H_2CO) and methanol (CH_3OH) toward the nearby spiral galaxies NGC 253, Maffei 2, IC 342, M 82 and NGC 6946 are presented. H_2CO was detected in all galaxies (tentatively in NGC 6946). CH_3OH was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Huettemeister , R. Mauersberger , C. Henkel

We present interferometric observations of the CN(1-0) line emission in Mrk231 and combine them with previous observations of CO and other H$_2$ gas tracers to study the physical properties of the massive molecular outflow. We find a strong…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-29 Claudia Cicone , Roberto Maiolino , Susanne Aalto , Sebastien Muller , Chiara Feruglio

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

We present fluxes in both neutral carbon [CI] lines at the centers of 76 galaxies with FIR luminosities between 10^{9} and 10^{12} L(o) obtained with Herschel-SPIRE and with ground-based facilities, along with the J=7-6, J=4-3, J=2-1 12CO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 F. P. Israel , M. J. F. Rosenberg , P. van der Werf

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

This paper addresses the global molecular gas properties of a representative sample of galaxies hosting low-luminosity quasistellar objects. An abundant supply of gas is necessary to fuel both the active galactic nucleus and any…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-20 T. Bertram , A. Eckart , S. Fischer , J. Zuther , C. Straubmeier , L. Wisotzki , M. Krips

We present the first survey of dense gas towards Planck Galactic Cold Clumps (PGCCs). Observations in the J=1-0 transitions of HCO+ and HCN towards 621 molecular cores associated with PGCCs were performed using the Purple Mountain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Jinghua Yuan , Yuefang Wu , Tie Liu , Tianwei Zhang , Jin Zeng Li , Hong-Li Liu , Fanyi Meng , Ping Chen , Runjie Hu , Ke Wang

We report on the discovery of 28 $z\approx0.8$ metal-poor galaxies in DEEP2. These galaxies were selected for their detection of the weak [OIII]$\lambda$4363 emission line, which provides a "direct" measure of the gas-phase metallicity. A…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Chun Ly , Jane Rigby , Michael Cooper , Renbin Yan