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In order to study the ISM and the interplay between the atomic and molecular components in a low-metallicity environment, we present a complete high angular and spectral resolution map and data cube of the 12CO(2-1) emission from the Local…

We have obtained new observations of the absorption system at $z_\mathrm{abs}=0.48$ toward QSO Q0454-220, which we use to constrain its chemical and physical conditions. The system features metal-enriched gas and previously unknown…

We present the first resolved study of the radio continuum properties of I Zw 18, the dwarf galaxy with the lowest known nebular metal abundance in the local universe. New Very Large Array radio continuum images at 20 and 3.6 cm are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 John M. Cannon , Fabian Walter , Evan D. Skillman , Liese van Zee

(abridged) We present 8.2m VLT spectroscopic observations of 28 HII regions in 16 emission-line galaxies and 3.6m ESO telescope spectroscopic observations of 38 HII regions in 28 emission-line galaxies. These emission-line galaxies were…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-30 N. G. Guseva , P. Papaderos , H. T. Meyer , Y. I. Izotov , K. J. Fricke

We report the detection of CO(1-0) emission toward the lensed L*_UV Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) MS1512-cB58 (z=2.73) and the Cosmic Eye (z=3.07), using the Expanded Very Large Array. The strength of the CO line emission reveals molecular…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-27 Dominik A. Riechers , Christopher L. Carilli , Fabian Walter , Emmanuel Momjian

We report NOrthern Extended Millimetre Array (NOEMA) observations of warm molecular gas traced by CO($5-4$) in a $z \sim 3.2$ gas-rich main-sequence galaxy (MS), initially serendipitously detected in CO($3-2$) emission in `blind' deep NOEMA…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-08 Avani Gowardhan , Dominik Riechers , Riccardo Pavesi , Emanuele Daddi , Helmut Dannerbauer , Roberto Neri

We present the detection of bright [CII] emission in the z=4.76 submillimetre galaxy LESS J033229.4-275619 using the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment. This represents the highest redshift [CII] detection in a submm selected, star-formation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Carlos De Breuck , Roberto Maiolino , Paola Caselli , Kristen Coppin , Steve Hailey-Dunsheath , Tohru Nagao

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

Using the IRAM 30-m telescope, we have obtained 12CO J=1-0 and 2-1 spectral line observations toward the nuclear regions of 15 edge-on, low surface brightness (LSB) spiral galaxies. Our sample comprises extreme late-type LSB spirals with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lynn D. Matthews , Yu Gao , Juan M. Uson , Francoise Combes

New integral field spectroscopy has been obtained for IZw18, the nearby lowest-metallicity galaxy considered our best local analog of systems forming at high-z. Here we report the spatially resolved spectral map of the nebular HeII4686…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 C. Kehrig , J. M. Vilchez , E. Perez-Montero , J. Iglesias-Paramo , J. Brinchmann , D. Kunth , F. Durret , F. M. Bayo

We present a sample of 48 metal-poor galaxies at $ z < 0.14$ selected from 92,510 galaxies in the LAMOST survey. These galaxies are identified for their detection of the auroral emission line \oiii$\lambda$4363 above $3\sigma$ level, which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-10 Yulong Gao , Jianhui Lian , Xu Kong , Zesen Lin , Ning Hu , Haiyang Liu , Enci Wang , Zihuang Cao , Yonghui Hou , Yuefei Wang , Yong Zhang

We present ALMA CO(2-1) spectroscopy of 6 massive (log$_{10}$M$_{\rm{*}}/\rm{M}_\odot>$11.3) quiescent galaxies at $z\sim1.5$. These data represent the largest sample using CO emission to trace molecular gas in quiescent galaxies above…

We present the results from ALMA observations of [NII]205 micron, [CII]158 micron, and [OII]88 micron lines in an unlensed submillimeter galaxy at z=4.3, COSMOS-AzTEC-1, hosting a compact starburst core with an effective radius of 1 kpc.…

Context: We investigated the molecular gas associated with 6.7 GHz methanol masers throughout the Galaxy using a J=1-0 transition of the CO isotopologues. Methods:Using the 13.7-meter telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Zhiyuan Ren , Yuefang Wu , Tie Liu , Lixin Li , Di Li , Binggang Ju

A giant star-forming region in a metal-poor dwarf galaxy has been observed in optical lines with the 10-m Gran Telescopio Canarias and in the emission line of CO(1-0) with the NOEMA mm-wave interferometer. The metallicity was determined to…

We present ALMA observations of a small but statistically complete sample of twelve 250 micron selected galaxies at $z=0.35$ designed to measure their dust submillimeter continuum emission as well as their CO(1-0) and atomic carbon…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-18 L. Dunne , S. J. Maddox , C. Vlahakis , H. L. Gomez

Molecular gas, modest in mass yet pivotal within the cosmic inventory, regulates baryon cycling as the immediate fuel for star formation. Across most of cosmic history, its reservoir has remained elusive, with only the tip of the iceberg…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-04 Yi-Kuan Chiang

We investigate the stellar populations and molecular gas properties of a star-forming region within the dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxy WLM. Low-metallicity dIrrs like WLM offer a valuable window into star formation in environments that are…

Low-metallicity dwarf galaxies often show no or little CO emission, despite the intense star formation observed in local samples. Both simulations and resolved observations indicate that molecular gas in low-metallicity galaxies may reside…

CO$_2$ is an important, stable, and abundant molecule in the Universe, but it is very difficult to detect because it has no observable pure rotational transitions. The unique sensitivity and resolution of the James Webb Space Telescope…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-25 J. Qiu , A. Ciurlo , M. R. Morris , P. Vermot , J. L. Bourlot , D. Rouan , A. Togi , T. Do , A. M. Ghez , E. Bron , F. L. Petit , Y. Clénet , E. A. C. Mills , J. R. Lu