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We present Heinrich Hertz Telescope CO observations of the shell structure near the active star-forming complex W51A to investigate the process of star formation triggered by the expansion of an HII region. The CO observations confirm that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-10 Miju Kang , John H. Bieging , Craig A. Kulesa , Youngung Lee

We present interferometric observations of the CN 1-0 (113.491 GHz), N2H+ 1-0 (93.173 GHz), H(41)a (92.034 GHz), CH3CN (91.987 GHz), CS 3-2 (146.969 GHz), c-C3H2 3-2 (145.089 GHz), H2CO 2-1 (145.603 GHz) and HC3N 16-15 (145.601 GHz) lines…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 D. Ginard , A. Fuente , S. García-Burillo , T. Alonso-Albi , M. Krips , M. Gerin , R. Neri , P. Pilleri , A. Usero , S. P. Treviño-Morales

Sensitive and high angular resolution ($\sim$ 0.4\arcsec) SO$_2$[22$_{2,20}$ $\to$ 22$_{1,21}$] and SiO[5$\to$4] line and 1.3 and 7 mm continuum observations made with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and the Very Large Array (VLA) towards the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Luis A. Zapata , Paul T. P. Ho , Peter Schilke , Luis F. Rodríguez , Karl Menten , Aina Palau , Robin Garrod

In order to understand the star formation process under the influence of HII regions, we have carried out extensive investigations to well selected star-forming regions which all have been profoundly affected by existing massive O type…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Jin-Zeng Li , Jinghua Yuan , Hong-Li Liu , Yuefang Wu , Ya-Fang Huang

We present new J=1-0 12-CO observations along the northern spiral arm of the grand-design spiral galaxy M100 (NGC 4321), and study the distribution of molecular hydrogen as derived from these observations, comparing the new data with a set…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. H. Knapen , J. E. Beckman , J. Cepa , N. Nakai

We present new ALMA observations of the [OIII]88$\mu$m line and high angular resolution observations of the [CII]158$\mu$m line in a normal star forming galaxy at z$=$7.1. Previous [CII] observations of this galaxy had detected [CII]…

The circumnuclear region of M31, consisting of multiphase interstellar medium, provides a close-up view of the interaction of the central supermassive black hole and surrounding materials. Far-infrared (FIR) line structure lines and their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-06 Zongnan Li , Zhiyuan Li , Matthew W. L. Smith , Yu Gao

We present the results of an extensive observational study of the active star-forming complex W51 that was observed in the J=2-1 transition of the 12CO and 13CO molecules over a 1.25 deg x 1.00 deg region with the University of Arizona…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Miju Kang , John H. Bieging , Craig A. Kulesa , Youngung Lee , Minho Choi , William L. Peters

Galaxy evolution is thought to be driven in large part by the flow of gas between galaxies and the circumgalactic medium (CGM), a halo of metal-enriched gas extending out to $\gtrsim100$ kpc from each galaxy. Studying the spatial structure…

Aims: To investigate properties of [CII]158 $\mu$m emission of RCW36 in a dense filamentary cloud. Methods: [CII] observations of RCW36 covering an area of ~30 arcmin$\times$30 arcmin were carried out with a Fabry-P\'{e}rot spectrometer…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-14 T. Suzuki , S. Oyabu , S. K. Ghosh , D. K. Ojha , H. Kaneda , H. Maeda , T. Nakagawa , J. P. Ninan , S. Vig , M. Hanaoka , F. Saito , S. Fujiwara , T. Kanayama

We investigate the distribution of the gas (ionized, neutral atomic and molecular), and interstellar dust in the complex star forming region NGC6357 with the goal of studying the interplay between the massive stars in the open cluster Pis24…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 C. E. Cappa , R. Barbá , N. U. Duronea , J. Vasquez , E. M. Arnal , W. M. Goss , E. Fernández Lajús

SPT0346-52 is one of the most most luminous and intensely star-forming galaxies in the universe, with L_FIR > 10^13 L_sol and Sigma_SFR ~ 4200 M_sol yr^-1 kpc^-2. In this paper, we present ~0.15'' ALMA observations of the [CII]158micron…

Aims: We investigate how much of the [CII] emission in the nucleus of the nearby spiral galaxy IC 342 is contributed by PDRs and by the ionized gas. We examine the spatial variations of starburst/PDR activity and study the correlation of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-08 Markus Röllig , R. Simon , R. Güsten , J. Stutzki , F. Israel , K. Jacobs

The C$^{+}$ ion is an important coolant of interstellar gas, and so the [CII] fine structure line is frequently observed in the interstellar medium. However, the physical and chemical properties of the [CII]-emitting gas are still unclear.…

We present a study of the star cluster formation in M51 based on the image data taken with Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) of Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We have derived the star cluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Narae Hwang , Myung Gyoon Lee

In this paper we address the question whether star formation is driven by local processes or the large scale environment. To do so, we investigate star formation in collisional debris where the gravitational potential well and velocity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Boquien , P. -A. Duc , Y. Wu , V. Charmandaris , U. Lisenfeld , J. Braine , E. Brinks , J. Iglesias-Páramo , C. K. Xu

We observed the W51 high-mass star-forming complex with ALMA's longest-baseline configurations, achieving an angular resolution of $\sim$20 milliarcseconds, corresponding to a linear resolution of $\sim$100 au at $D_{\mathrm{W51}}=5.4$ kpc.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-23 Ciriaco Goddi , Adam Ginsburg , Luke Maud , Qizhou Zhang , Luis Zapata

We present a multiwavelength investigation of the circumnuclear environment of M31. Based on Chandra/ACIS data, we tightly constrain the X-ray luminosity of M31*, the central supermassive black hole of the galaxy, to be L (0.3-7 keV)<=…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Zhiyuan Li , Q. Daniel Wang , Bart P. Wakker

To probe the star-formation (SF) processes, we present results of an analysis of the molecular cloud G35.20$-$0.74 (hereafter MCG35.2) using multi-frequency observations. The MCG35.2 is depicted in a velocity range of 30-40 km s$^{-1}$. An…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 L. K. Dewangan

We outline theoretical predictions for extended emission from MgII, tracing cool ~10^4 K gas in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of star-forming galaxies in the high-resolution TNG50 cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulation. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-11 Dylan Nelson , Chris Byrohl , Celine Peroux , Kate H. R. Rubin , Joseph N. Burchett