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To investigate the fundamental principles of H2 formation in a giant molecular cloud (GMC), we derive the HI and H2 surface density (Sigma_HI and Sigma_H2) images of the Perseus molecular cloud on sub-pc scales (~0.4 pc). We use the…

Revealing the 3D dynamics of HII regions and their associated molecular clouds is important for understanding the longstanding problem as to how stellar feedback affects the density structure and kinematics of the interstellar medium. We…

We use UV measurements of interstellar CO towards nearby stars to calculate the density in the diffuse molecular clouds containing the molecules responsible for the observed absorption. Chemical models and recent calculations of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Paul F. Goldsmith

Context. There are significant amounts of H2 in the Milky Way. Due to its symmetry H2 does not radiate at radio frequencies. CO is thought to be a tracer for H2, however CO is formed at significantly higher opacities than H2. Thus, toward…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-08 P. M. W. Kalberla , J. Kerp , U. Haud

We combine Herschel observations of a total of 12 sources to construct the most uniform survey of HF and H2O in our Galactic disk. Both molecules are detected in absorption along all sight lines. The high spectral resolution of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 P. Sonnentrucker , M. Wolfire , D. A. Neufeld , N. Flagey , M. Gerin , P. Goldsmith , D. Lis , R. Monje

This is the second paper of two reporting results from a study of the HI content and stellar properties of nearby galaxies detected by the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA blind 21-cm line survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in a 2160 deg^2…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. C. Toribio , J. M. Solanes , R. Giovanelli , M. P. Haynes , A. Martin

VLA observations of OH absorption towards the elliptical galaxy NGC 1052 are presented. Both OH lines, at 1665 and 1667 MHz, were detected in absorption towards the center of NGC 1052. The hyperfine ratio of the two OH lines…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Amitesh Omar , K. R. Anantharamaiah , Michael Rupen , J. Rigby

We present the first results of the Herschel open time key program, Galactic Observations of Terahertz C$^+$ (GOT C+) survey of the [CII] fine-structure line at 1.9 THz (158 microns) using the HIFI instrument on Herschel. We detected 146…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 W. D. Langer , T. Velusamy , J. L. Pineda , P. F. Goldsmith , D. Li , H. W. Yorke

Herschel/PACS observations of 29 local (Ultra-)Luminous Infrared Galaxies, including both starburst and AGN-dominated sources as diagnosed in the mid-infrared/optical, show that the equivalent width of the absorbing OH 65 um Pi_{3/2}…

We used the ARO 12m antenna to observe emission from the J=1-0 lines of carbon monoxide, \hcop\ and HNC and the J=2-1 line of CS toward and around the continuum peak used for absorption studies and we compare them with CH, HNC, C\p\ and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-13 Harvey Liszt , Maryvonne Gerin

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…

The HIFI instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory has been used to observe interstellar nitrogen hydrides along the sight-line towards G10.6-0.4 in order to improve our understanding of the interstellar chemistry of nitrogen. We…

We have carried out a blind search in the general direction of the Galactic Anticenter for absorption of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation near 4.83 GHz by molecular clouds containing gaseous ortho-formaldehyde (H_2CO). The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Monica Ivette Rodriguez , Ronald J. Allen , Laurent Loinard , Tommy Wiklind

(Abridged) We present the results of a systematic GBT and GMRT survey for 21-cm absorption in a sample of 10 DLAs at 2<z_abs<3.4. Analysis of L-band VLBA images of the background QSOs are also presented. We detect 21-cm absorption in only…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Srianand , N. Gupta , P. Petitjean , P. Noterdaeme , C. Ledoux , C. J. Salter , D. J. Saikia

We identify 814 discrete HI clouds in 40 dwarf irregular galaxies from the LITTLE THINGS survey using an automated cloud-finding algorithm. The cloud masses range from ~10^3 to 10^7 Msolar, have a surface density averaged over all of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-05 Deidre A. Hunter , Bruce G. Elmegreen , Clara L. Berger

Neither HI nor CO emission can reveal a significant quantity of so-called dark gas in the interstellar medium (ISM). It is considered that CO-dark molecular gas (DMG), the molecular gas with no or weak CO emission, dominates dark gas. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-14 Ningyu Tang , Di Li , Carl Heiles , Shen Wang , Zhichen Pan , Jun-Jie Wang

We present the results of a blind search for intervening HI 21 cm absorption toward 260 radio sources in the redshift range 0<z<2.74 with the Green Bank Telescope. The survey has the sensitivity to detect sub-damped Lyman-alpha (DLA)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-25 Kathryn Grasha , Jeremy Darling , Adam K. Leroy , Alberto D. Bolatto

We present the results of a targeted search for intervening HI absorption in six nearby, gas-rich galaxies using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The sightlines searched have impact parameters of 10-20 kpc. By targeting nearby…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-24 S. N. Reeves , E. M. Sadler , J. R. Allison , B. S. Koribalski , S. J. Curran , M. B. Pracy