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Absorption line studies are essential to understanding the origin, nature, and impact of starburst-driven galactic outflows. Such studies have revealed a multiphase medium with a number of poorly-understood features leading to a need to…

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We study the Carbon Monoxide (CO) excitation, mean molecular gas density and interstellar radiation field (ISRF) intensity in a comprehensive sample of 76 galaxies from local to high redshift (z~0-6), selected based on detections of their…

[Abridged] The [CII] 158um line is an important tool for understanding the life cycle of interstellar matter. Ionized carbon is present in a variety of phases of the interstellar medium, including the diffuse ionized medium, warm and cold…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Jorge L. Pineda , William D. Langer , Thangasamy Velusamy , Paul F. Goldsmith

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

We explore the circumgalactic metal content traced by commonly observed low ion absorbers, including C II, Si II, Si III, Si IV, and Mg II. We use a set of cosmological hydrodynamical zoom simulations run with the EAGLE model and including…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-29 Benjamin D. Oppenheimer , Joop Schaye , Robert A. Crain , Jessica K. Werk , Alexander J. Richings

Ionized carbon is the main gas-phase reservoir of carbon in the neutral diffuse interstellar medium and its 158 micron fine structure transition [CII] is the most important cooling line of the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). We combine…

The $\rm H_2$ mass of molecular clouds has traditionally been traced by the CO(J=1-0) rotational transition line. This said, CO is relatively easily photodissociated, and can also be destroyed by cosmic rays, thus rendering some fraction of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-26 Qi Li , Desika Narayanan , Romeel Dave , Mark R. Krumholz

We present calculations of molecular, atomic and ionic line emission from simulations of giant molecular cloud (GMC) collisions. We post-process snapshots of the magneto-hydrodynamical simulations presented in an earlier paper in this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-29 Thomas G. Bisbas , Kei E. I. Tanaka , Jonathan C. Tan , Benjamin Wu , Fumitaka Nakamura

Aims: We systematically explore a plausible subset of the parameter space involving effective temperatures and metallicities of the ionizing stellar sources, the effects of the hardening of their radiation by surrounding leaky HII regions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-13 J. A. Weber , A. W. A. Pauldrach , T. L. Hoffmann

We utilize a modified astrochemistry code which includes cosmic ray attenuation in-situ to quantify the impact of different cosmic-ray models on the CO-to-H$_2$ and CI-to-H$_2$ conversion factors, $X_{\rm CO}$ and $X_{\rm CI}$,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-09 Brandt A. L. Gaches , Stella S. R. Offner , Thomas G. Bisbas

Atomic fine structure lines have been detected in the local Universe and at high redshifts over the past decades. The [C II] emission line at 158 $\mu$m is an important observable as it provides constraints on the interstellar medium (ISM)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-27 Andrés Felipe Ramos Padilla , Lingyu Wang , Sylvia Ploeckinger , F. F. S. van der Tak , Scott Trager

We used the KOSMA 3m telescope to map the core 7'x5' of the Galactic massive star forming region W3Main in the two fine structure lines of atomic carbon and four mid-J transitions of CO and 13CO. The maps are centered on the luminous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Kramer , H. Jakob , B. Mookerjea , N. Schneider , M. Bruell , J. Stutzki

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 present Herschel PACS observations of the [CII] 158 micron emission line in a sample of 24 intermediate mass (9<logM$_\ast$/M$_\odot$<10) and low metallicity (0.4< Z/Z$_\odot$<1.0) galaxies from the xCOLD GASS survey. Combining them with…

We model the intensity of emission lines from the CO molecule, based on hydrodynamic simulations of spirals, mergers, and high-redshift galaxies with very high resolutions (3pc and 10^3 Msun) and detailed models for the phase-space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-25 F. Bournaud , E. Daddi , A. Weiss , F. Renaud , C. Mastropietro , R. Teyssier

ABRIDGED: Context: HI and CO large scale surveys of the Milky Way trace the diffuse atomic clouds and the dense shielded regions of molecular hydrogen clouds. However, until recently, we have not had spectrally resolved C+ surveys to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 W. D. Langer , T. Velusamy , J. L. Pineda , K. Willacy , P. F. Goldsmith

There is a robust polyatomic chemistry in diffuse, partially-molecular interstellar gas that is readily accessible in absorption at radio/mm/sub-mm wavelengths. Accurate column densities are derived owing to the weak internal excitation, so…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-15 Harvey Liszt , Maryvonne Gerin

Estimating molecular abundances ratios from the direct measurement of the emission of the molecules towards a variety of interstellar environments is indeed very useful to advance in our understanding of the chemical evolution of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-12 S. Paron , M. B. Areal , M. E. Ortega

Photodissociation Region (PDR) models are computed over a wide range of physical conditions, from those appropriate to giant molecular clouds illuminated by the interstellar radiation field to the conditions experienced by circumstellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-09 Michael J. Kaufman , Mark G. Wolfire , David J. Hollenbach , Michael L. Luhman

We present results from high-resolution three-dimensional simulations of turbulent interstellar gas that self-consistently follow its coupled thermal, chemical and dynamical evolution, with a particular focus on the formation and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. C. O. Glover , C. Federrath , M. -M. Mac Low , R. S. Klessen