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We aim to derive the chemical behavior of a significant sample of PNe and HII regions in the irregular galaxy NGC 6822 The selected objects are distributed in different zones of the galaxy. Due to the faintness of PNe and HII regions in NGC…

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We present a comprehensive analysis of the globular cluster (GC) system of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. Our study is based on homogeneous optical and near-IR photometry, as well as long-slit spectroscopic observations…

We have observed the 13CO J=2-1, 12CO J=2-1 and 12CO J=3-2 lines at a few locations in the dwarf irregular galaxies IC 10 and NGC 6822 using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. In addition, we report the first detection of the 13CO J=3-2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. R. Petitpas , C. D. Wilson

Crucial to a quantitative understanding of galaxy evolution are the properties of the inter-stellar medium that regulate galactic-scale star formation activity. We present here the results of a suite of star formation models applied to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 E C Elson , W J G de Blok , R C Kraan-Korteweg

We present a general star formation law where star formation rate depends upon efficiency $\alpha$, timescale $\tau$ of star formation, gas component $\sigma_{g}$ of surface mass density and a real exponent $n$. A given exponent $n$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 U. S. Pandey , C. van de Bruck

We present a comprehensive study of the stellar population and the interstellar medium in NGC 6822 using high-quality \HI data (obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array) and optical broad/narrow-band data (obtained with Subaru…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. J. G. de Blok , F. Walter

Studying the evolution of dwarf galaxies can provide insights into the characteristics of systems that can act as building blocks of massive galaxies. This paper discusses the history of star formation and gas flows (inflow and outflow) of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Nao Fukagawa

We review recent observations of molecular gas in nearby galaxies and their implications for the star formation law on large (>1 kpc) scales. High-resolution data provided by millimetre interferometers are now adding to the basic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tony Wong , Michele D. Thornley

We present maps of the first-ranked HII region complex Hubble V in the metal-poor Local Group dwarf galaxy NGC 6822 in the first four transitions of CO, the 158 micron transition of C+, the 21-cm line of HI, the Pa-beta line of HII, and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. P. Israel , F. Baas , R. J. Rudy , E. D. Skillman , C. E. Woodward

We investigate the structure of galaxies formed in a suite of high-resolution cosmological simulations. Consistent with observations of high-redshift galaxies, our simulated galaxies show irregular, prolate shapes, which are dominated by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-16 Xi Meng , Oleg Y. Gnedin , Hui Li

On the basis of a new photometric analysis of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NCG 6822 based on observations obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the Hubble Space Telescope, we have obtained a new estimate of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 F. Fusco , R. Buonanno , G. Bono , S. Cassisi , M. Monelli , A. Pietrinferni

A distance-limited sample of 869 objects from the Updated Nearby Galaxy Catalog is used to characterize the star formation status of the Local Volume population. We present a compiled list of 1217 star formation rate (SFR) estimates for 802…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Igor D. Karachentsev , Elena I. Kaisina

We present the H-alpha flux measurements for 44 nearby dwarf galaxies, derived from the observations at the 6-m BTA telescope. H-alpha fluxes were used to determine the rate of integral star formation of galaxies, SFR. For the observed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. S. Kaisin , I. D Karachentsev

We present a spatially resolved analysis of the molecular star formation law (SFL) and gravitational instability in a sample of nearby dwarf galaxies (NGC 1035, NGC 4310, NGC 4451, NGC 4701, NGC 5692, and NGC 6106), using high-resolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-27 Kijeong Yim , Soo-Chang Rey

We present high resolution rotation curves of the local group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822 obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. Our best curves have an angular resolution of 8'' or 20 pc and contain some 250 independent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 David Weldrake , Erwin de Blok , Fabian Walter

Through the study of two absorption spectral features in the optical range (Mg2 and the 4000 A break), we find evidence for star formation in the inner regions of cooling-flow galaxies. The application of simple stellar population models…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 N. Cardiel , J. Gorgas , A. Aragon-Salamanca

(Abridged) We present a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between star formation rate surface density (SFR SD) and gas surface density (gas SD) at sub-kpc resolution in a sample of 18 nearby galaxies. We use high resolution HI data…

To make predictions for the existence of ``dark galaxies'', it is necessary to understand what determines whether a gas cloud will form stars. Star formation thresholds are generally explained in terms of the Toomre criterion for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Joop Schaye

Atomic hydrogen (HI) dominates the mass of the cold interstellar medium, undergoing thermal condensation to form molecular gas and fuel star formation. Kinematically colder HI components, identified via kinematic decomposition of HI 21 cm…