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We present high spatial resolution 21 cm HI maps of the interacting galaxy pair NGC 7714/7715. We detect a massive (2 x 10**9 M(sun)) HI bridge connecting the galaxies that is parallel to but offset from the stellar bridge. A chain of HII…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Beverly J. Smith , Curt Struck , Richard W. Pogge

Halos surrounding spiral galaxies act as the bridges connecting the galactic disk and the intergalactic medium (IGM). They host a significant fraction of the baryonic mass in the Universe, and feedback from star formation (SF) or active…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-10 D. Jiménez-López , S. García-Burillo , M. Querejeta , A. Usero , P. Tarrío

Molecular clouds (MCs) in galaxies are complex places with many phases. It is, therefore, essential to study the physics and kinematics of the MCs using multiple emission lines. We probe the physics of the molecular gas and dust in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-25 Selçuk Topal

We have mapped the 2.6 mm CO (1-0) emission in three optically selected "Toomre Sequence" mergers (NGC 520, NGC 3921, NGC 4676). The molecular gas distribution is well resolved by the observations. For NGC 520 and NGC 4676A, the nuclear gas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Min S. Yun , J. E. Hibbard

We present the results of ALMA-ACA 7 m-array observations in $^{12}$CO($J=2-1$), $^{13}$CO($J=2-1$), and C$^{18}$O($J=2-1$) line emission toward the molecular-gas disk in the Local Group spiral galaxy M33 at an angular resolution of 7".31…

Three molecular clouds have been mapped in the nearby metal-poor dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822 using the Owens Valley Millimeter-Wave Interferometer. Based on upper limits to the virial masses of the clouds, the CO-to-H2 conversion factor…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 C. D. Wilson

We present IRAM 30m observations of molecular lines of CO and its isotopologues from the massive spiral galaxy NGC 5908 selected from the CGM-MASS sample. $^{12}$CO $J=1-0$, $^{12}$CO $J=2-1$, and $^{13}$CO $J=1-0$ lines have been detected…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 Jiang-Tao Li , Ping Zhou , Xuejian Jiang , Joel N. Bregman , Yu Gao

We performed sub-parsec ($\sim$ 0.014 pc) scale simulations of cloud-cloud collisions of two idealized turbulent molecular clouds (MCs) with different masses in the range of $0.76 - 2.67 \times 10^4$M$_{\odot}$ and with collision speeds of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-15 Ken Takahira , Kazuhiro Shima , Elizabeth J. Tasker , Asao Habe

We have investigated properties of the interstellar medium in interacting galaxies in early and mid-stage using mapping data of 12CO(1-0) and HI.Assuming the standard CO-H2 conversion factor, we found no difference in molecular gas mass,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-31 Hiroyuki Kaneko , Nario Kuno , Daisuke Iono , Yoichi Tamura , Tomoka Tosaki , Koichiro Nakanishi , Tsuyoshi Sawada

Molecular Cloud Complexes (MCCs) are highly structured and ``turbulent''. Observational evidence suggests that MCCs are dynamically dominated systems, rather than quasi-equilibrium entities. The observed structure is more likely a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Heitsch , A. D. Slyz , J. E. G. Devriendt , L. W. Hartmann , A. Burkert

{It has recently been proposed that giant molecular complexes form at the sites where streams of diffuse warm atomic gas collide at transonic velocities.} {We study the global statistics of molecular clouds formed by large scale colliding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Hennebelle , R. Banerjee , E. Vazquez-Semadeni , R. Klessen , E. Audit

In the direction of l = 17.6 - 19 deg, the star-forming sites Sh 2-53 and IRAS 18223-1243 are prominently observed, and seem to be physically detached from each other. Sh 2-53 has been investigated at the junction of the molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-11 L. K. Dewangan , D. K. Ojha , I. Zinchenko , T. Baug

We present new results for the molecular gas, dust emission and the ionized gas in J1023+1952, an HI rich intergalactic star-forming tidal dwarf galaxy candidate. It is located at the projected intersection of two faint stellar tidal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 U. Lisenfeld , C. G. Mundell , E. Schinnerer , P. N. Appleton , J. Allsopp

Molecular hydrogen clouds are a key component of the interstellar medium because they are the birthplaces for stars. They are embedded in atomic gas that pervades the interstellar space. However, the details of how molecular clouds assemble…

High-mass star formation is one of the top-priority issues in astrophysics. Recent observational studies are revealing that cloud-cloud collisions may play a role in high-mass star formation in several places in the Milky Way and the Large…

Many massive galaxies at the centres of relaxed galaxy clusters and groups have vast reservoirs of cool (~10,000 K) and cold (~100 K) gas. In many low redshift brightest group and cluster galaxies this gas is lifted into the hot ISM in…

We compare the distribution of molecular gas and star formation activity in the bar region of six spirals (NGC 2903, NGC 3627, NGC 4321, NGC 5457, NGC 6946, & IC 342) from the BIMA Survey of Nearby Galaxies (SONG). The molecular gas, traced…

We know little about the outermost portions of galaxies because there is little light coming from them. We do know that in many cases atomic hydrogen (HI) extends well beyond the optical radius \cite{Casertano91}. In the centers of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jonathan Braine , Fabrice Herpin

We present high-resolution CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) maps of the LINER 2 galaxy NGC1961. This galaxy is unusual among late-type (Sc) disk galaxies in having a very large radial extent and inferred dynamical mass. We propose a head-on collision…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 F. Combes , A. J. Baker , E. Schinnerer , S. Garcia-Burillo , L. K. Hunt , F. Boone , A. Eckart , R. Neri , L. J. Tacconi

We present HI and CO(1-0) interferometric observations of 10 comparable-mass interacting systems obtained at the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) millimeter array. The primary intent of this study is to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daisuke Iono , Min S. Yun , Paul T. P. Ho
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