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Resolving the phase structure of neutral hydrogen (HI) is crucial for understanding the life cycle of the interstellar medium (ISM). However, accurate measurements of HI temperature and density are limited by the availability of background…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-19 Claire E. Murray , J. E. G. Peek , Chang-Goo Kim

In studying the interstellar medium (ISM) and Galactic cosmic rays (CRs), uncertainty of the interstellar gas density has always been an issue. To overcome this difficulty, we used a component decomposition of the 21-cm HI line emission and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-31 T. Mizuno , K. Hayashi , J. Metzger , I. V. Moskalenko , E. Orlando , A. W. Strong , H. Yamamoto

The interstellar medium (ISM) consists of a diversity of structures across a range of spatial scales, intimately tied to galactic evolution. In this work, Fourier analysis is used to characterize the spatial structures of dust and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-04 Charlie Lind-Thomsen , Albert Sneppen , Charles L. Steinhardt

We probe the physical conditions in high redshift galaxies, specifically, the Damped Lyman-alpha Systems (DLAs) using neutral carbon (CI) fine structure lines and molecular hydrogen (H2). We report five new detections of CI and analyze the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Regina A. Jorgenson , Arthur M. Wolfe , J. Xavier Prochaska

Towards the high galactic latitude sky, the far-infrared (FIR) intensity is tightly correlated to the total hydrogen column density which is made up of atomic (HI) and molecular hydrogen (H$_{2})$. Above a certain column density threshold,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Tobias Röhser , Jürgen Kerp , Benjamin Winkel , Francois Boulanger , Guilaine Lagache

We use HI data from the FAST Extended Atlas of Selected Targets Survey (FEASTS) to study the interplay between gas and star formation of galaxies in interacting systems. We build control and mock HI disks and parameterize HI disorder by a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-13 Shun Wang , Jing Wang , Karen Lee-Waddell , Dong Yang , Xuchen Lin , Lister Staveley-Smith

High-velocity clouds (HVC), fast-moving ionized and neutral gas clouds found at high galactic latitudes, may play an important role in the evolution of the Milky Way. The extent of this role depends sensitively on their distances and total…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 N. Lehner , J. C. Howk , C. Thom , A. J. Fox , J. Tumlinson , T. M. Tripp , J. D. Meiring

This review presents a perspective on recent advances in understanding neutral ISM structure in external galaxies. HI is a fundamental probe of galactic baryonic material, and its structure and distribution offer vital signatures of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. S. Oey

This paper presents the large-scale polarized sky as seen by Planck HFI at 353 GHz, which is the most sensitive Planck channel for dust polarization. We construct and analyse large-scale maps of dust polarization fraction and polarization…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-15 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , D. Alina , M. I. R. Alves , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , D. Arzoumanian , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Désert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , A. M. Magalhães , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , F. Poidevin , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

The filamentary structure of the molecular interstellar medium and the potential link of this morphology to star formation have been brought into focus recently by high resolution observational surveys. An especially puzzling matter is that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-20 Evangelia Ntormousi , Patrick Hennebelle , Philippe André , Jacques Masson

The recent data collected by {\it Herschel} have confirmed that interstellar structures with filamentary shape are ubiquitously present in the Milky Way. Filaments are thought to be formed by several physical mechanisms acting from the…

We compare observations of HI from the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Arecibo Observatory and observations of HCO$^+$ from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) in the…

Resolved rotation curves (RCs) are our best probe of the dark matter distribution around individual galaxies. However their acquisition is resource-intensive, rendering them impractical for large-scale surveys and studies at higher…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-02 Tariq Yasin , Harry Desmond

Following from our recent work, we present a detailed analysis of star-formation and interstellar medium (ISM) scaling relations, done on a representative sample of nearby galaxies. H$\alpha$ images are analysed in order to derive the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-12 Bogdan A. Pastrav

Sub-millimetre observations suggest that the filaments of interstellar clouds have rather uniform widths and can be described with the so-called Plummer profiles. The shapes of the filament profiles are linked to their physical state.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Juvela , J. Malinen , T. Lunttila

Star formation in molecular clouds is intimately linked to their internal mass distribution. We present an unprecedentedly detailed analysis of the column density structure of a high-mass, filamentary molecular cloud, namely IRDC…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 J. Kainulainen , S. E. Ragan , T. Henning , A. Stutz

Caustic singularities of the spatial distribution of particles in turbulent aerosols enhance collision rates and accelerate coagulation. Here we investigate how and where caustics form at weak particle inertia, by analysing a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-16 Jan Meibohm , Kristian Gustavsson , Bernhard Mehlig

Recent observations suggest a scenario in which filamentary structures in the ISM represent the first step towards clumps/cores and eventually star formation. The densest filaments would then fragment into prestellar cores owing to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-31 Gang Wu , Keping Qiu , Jarken Esimbek , Xingwu Zheng , Christian Henkel , Dalei Li , Xiaohong Han

At high redshift, the cosmic web is widely expected to have a significant impact on the morphologies, dynamics and star formation rates of the galaxies embedded within it, underscoring the need for a comprehensive study of the properties of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-20 Marius Ramsøy , Adrianne Slyz , Julien Devriendt , Clotilde Laigle , Yohan Dubois

We present a statistical study of the filamentary structures of the cosmic web in the large hydro-dynamical simulations Illustris-TNG, Illustris, and Magneticum at redshift z=0. We focus on the radial distribution of the galaxy density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Daniela Galárraga-Espinosa , Nabila Aghanim , Mathieu Langer , Céline Gouin , Nicola Malavasi