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We present high-spatial-resolution ($\sim 0\farcs2$, or $\sim$3\,pc) CO(2--1) observations of the nearest young starburst dwarf galaxy, NGC\,5253, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. We have identified 118 molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-10 Rie E. Miura , Daniel Espada , Akihiko Hirota , Kouichiro Nakanishi , George J. Bendo , Hajime Sugai

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 have observed the Galactic Center 50km/s molecular cloud (50MC) with ALMA to search for filamentary structures. In the CS J=2-1 emission line channel maps, we succeeded in identifying 27 molecular cloud filaments using the DisPerSE…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 Kenta Uehara , Masato Tsuboi , Yoshimi Kitamura , Ryosuke Miyawaki , Atsushi Miyazaki

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

Recent large-area, deep CO surveys in the Galactic disk have revealed the formation of ~50 high-mass stars or clusters triggered by cloud-cloud collisions (CCCs). Although the Galactic Center (GC) -- which contains the highest volume…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Rei Enokiya , Kazufumi Torii , Yasuo Fukui

We report ALMA Band 6 continuum observations of 2000 AU resolution toward four massive molecular clouds in the Central Molecular Zone of the Galaxy. To study gas fragmentation, we use the dendrogram method to identify cores as traced by the…

We derive the physical properties of 580 molecular clouds based on their 12CO and 13CO line emission detected in the University of Massachusetts-Stony Brook (UMSB) and Galactic Ring surveys. We provide a range of values of the physical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Julia Roman-Duval , James M. Jackson , Mark Heyer , Jill Rathborne , Robert Simon

We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of seven massive molecular clumps which are dark in the far-infrared for wavelengths up to 70 $\mu$m. Our 1.3 mm continuum images reveal 44 dense cores, with gas masses ranging from 1.4 to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-11 Shanghuo Li , Qizhou Zhang , Thushara Pillai , Ian W. Stephens , Junzhi Wang , Fei Li

The Columbia - U. de Chile CO Survey of the Southern Milky Way is used for separating the CO(1-0) emission of the fourth Galactic quadrant within the solar circle into its dominant components, giant molecular clouds (GMCs). After the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 P. Garcia , L. Bronfman , L. Nyman , T. M. Dame

We report serendipitous detections of line emission with ALMA in band 3, 6, and 7 in the central parsec of the Galactic center at an up to now highest resolution (<0.7''). Among the highlights are the very first and highly resolved images…

We present high-resolution (~ 4") 12CO (J = 1 - 0) mapping observations with high - velocity resolution (~ 2.6 km s^{-1}) toward the disk of flocculent galaxy NGC 5055, using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array in order to study the physical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Tomoka Tosaki , Yasuhiro Shioya , Nario Kuno , Kouichiro Nakanishi , Takashi Hasegawa

We present sensitive and high angular resolution CO(1-0) data obtained by the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) observations toward the nearby grand-design spiral galaxy M 51. The angular resolution of 0.7"…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Fumi Egusa , Jin Koda , Nick Scoville

We present $^{12}$CO ($J$ = 2-1), $^{13}$CO ($J$ = 2-1), and C$^{18}$O ($J$ = 2-1) observations toward GMC-8, one of the most massive giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in M33 using ALMA with an angular resolution of 0".44 $\times$ 0".27…

G+0.693-0.03 is a quiescent molecular cloud located within the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) star-forming complex. Recent spectral surveys have shown that it represents one of the most prolific repositories of complex organic species in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-10 S. Zeng , Q. Zhang , I. Jimenez-Serra , B. Tercero , X. Lu , J. Martin-Pintado , P. de Vicente , V. M. Rivilla , S. Li

We report the detection of a peculiar molecular cloud, CO 0.02-0.02, lying about 5' Galactic-east from the center of the Galaxy. (12)CO images taken with NRO 45 m telescope showed that it is relatively compact (about 3x4 pc^2) as well as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Oka , G. J. White , T. Hasegawa , F. Sato , M. Tsuboi , A. Miyazaki

We present the first high angular resolution study of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300, based on observations from the Submillimeter Array (SMA). We target eleven 500 pc-sized regions of active star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-28 Christopher Faesi , Charles Lada , Jan Forbrich

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

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 high spatial resolution ($\approx24$ pc) Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array $^{12}$CO(2-1) observations of the central region of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 5806. NGC 5806 has a highly structured molecular gas…

We present the result of an unbiased CO survey in Galactic range of 34.75$^{\circ}\leq$l$\leq$ 45.25$^{\circ}$ and -5.25$^{\circ}\leq$b$\leq$ 5.25$^{\circ}$, and velocity range beyond the Outer arm. A total of 168 molecular clouds (MCs) are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-21 Yan Sun , Yang Su , Shao-Bo Zhang , Ye Xu , Xue-Peng Chen , Ji Yang , Zhi-Bo Jiang , Min Fang