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Data of $^{12}$CO/$^{13}$CO/C$^{18}$O $J=1\to0$ emission toward the Galactic plane region of $l=35^\circ$ to $45^\circ$ and $b= -5^\circ$ to $+5^\circ$ are available with the Milky Way Imaging Scroll Painting (MWISP) project. Using the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-30 Liang-Hao Lin , Hong-Chi Wang , Yang Su , Chong Li , Ji Yang

The statistical description of Giant Molecular Cloud (GMC) properties relies heavily on the performance of automatic identification algorithms, which are often seriously affected by the survey design. The algorithm we designed, SCIMES…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 Dario Colombo , Erik Rosolowsky , Adam Ginsburg , Ana Duarte-Cabral , Annie Hughes

We report the highest-fidelity observations of the spiral galaxy M51 in CO emission, revealing the evolution of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) vis-a-vis the large-scale galactic structure and dynamics. The most massive GMCs (so-called GMAs)…

The objective of this paper is to construct a catalog providing the dust properties and the star formation efficiency (SFE) of the molecular clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We use the infrared (IR) data obtained with the Spitzer…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 D. Paradis , W. T. Reach , J. P. Bernard , S. Madden , K. Dobashi , M. Meixner , T. Onishi , A. Kawamura , Y. Fukui

Filamentary flows toward the centre of molecular clouds have been recognized as a crucial process in the formation and evolution of stellar clusters. In this paper, we present a comprehensive observational study that investigates the gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-12 Vineet Rawat , M. R. Samal , D. L. Walker , D. K. Ojha , A. Tej , A. Zavagno , C. P. Zhang , Davide Elia , S. Dutta , J. Jose , C. Eswaraiah , E. Sharma

[Abridged] M31 has several times more globular clusters (GCs) than the Milky Way. It contains a correspondingly larger number of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) associated with GCs, and can be used to investigate the GC properties which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 J. R. R. Agar , P. Barmby

Molecular gas is crucial to understanding star formation and galaxy evolution, but the giant molecular clouds (GMCs) of early-type galaxies (ETGs) have rarely been studied. Here, we present analyses of the spatially resolved GMCs of the…

We use two existing molecular cloud catalogs derived from the same CO survey and two catalogs derived from local dust extinction surveys to investigate the nature of the GMC mass-size relation in the Galaxy. We find that the four surveys…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-22 C. J. Lada , T. M. Dame

We present simultaneous measurements of emission from dust continuum at 230 GHz and the J=2-1 $^{12}$CO, $^{13}$CO and C$^{18}$O isotopologues at $\sim$ 15 pc resolution from individual Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) in the Andromeda galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-12 Sébastien Viaene , Jan Forbrich , Charles J. Lada , Glen Petitpas , Christopher Faesi

We present the largest sample to date of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in a substantial spiral galaxy other than the Milky Way. We map the distribution of molecular gas with high resolution and image fidelity within the central 5 kpc of the…

This study presents a catalog of 8107 molecular clouds that covers the entire Galactic plane and includes 98% of the $^{12}$CO emission observed within $b\pm5^\circ$. The catalog was produced using a hierarchical cluster identification…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes , Norman Murray , Eve J. Lee

HI features near young star clusters in M81 are identified as the photodissociated surfaces of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) from which the young stars have recently formed. The HI column densities of these features show a weak trend, from…

We have carried out sub-mm 12CO(J=3-2) observations of 6 giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) with the ASTE 10m sub-mm telescope at a spatial resolution of 5 pc and very high sensitivity. We have identified 32…

We investigate the impact of galactic environment on the properties of simulated giant molecular clouds formed in a M83-type barred spiral galaxy. Our simulation uses a rotating stellar potential to create the grand design features and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-03-05 Yusuke Fujimoto , Elizabeth J. Tasker , Mariko Wakayama , Asao Habe

The sample of 566 molecular clouds identified in the CO(2--1) IRAM survey covering the disk of M~33 is explored in detail.The clouds were found using CPROPS and were subsequently catalogued in terms of their star-forming properties as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 Jonathan Braine , Erik Rosolowsky , Pierre Gratier , Edvige Corbelli , Karl Schuster

Molecular clouds (MCs) are cradles of star and planet formation, thereby playing an important role in the evolution of galaxies. Based on the unbiased Milky Way Imaging Scroll Painting (MWISP) survey data of $^{12}$CO, $^{13}$CO, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-21 Xin Zhou , Ji Yang , Yan Sun , Qing-Zeng Yan , Lixia Yuan , Yang Su , Xuepeng Chen , Shaobo Zhang

Green Bank Telescope (GBT) 21cm observations have revealed a faint, yet extensive HI cloud population surrounding the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The newfound objects are likely analogs to the high-velocity HI clouds (HVCs) seen around the…

We present a CO(2-1) mosaic map of the spiral galaxy NGC 6946 by combining data from the Submillimeter Array and the IRAM 30 m telescope. We identify 390 giant molecular clouds (GMCs) from the nucleus to 4.5 kpc in the disk. GMCs in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-11 Ya-Lin Wu , Kazushi Sakamoto , Hsi-An Pan

We present the results of the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) M33 All Disk (30'x30' or 7.3 kpc x 7.3 kpc) Survey of Giant Molecular Clouds (NRO MAGiC) based on 12CO (1-0) observations using the NRO 45-m telescope. The spatial resolution of…

The amount of H$_2$ present in spiral galaxies remains uncertain, particularly in the dim outer regions and in low-metallicity environments. We present high-resolution CO(1--0) observations with the Plateau de Bure interferometer of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-20 J. Braine , P. Gratier , Y. Contreras , K. F. Schuster , N. Brouillet
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