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The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) has shown the complexity of the Galactic center (GC) Interstellar medium (ISM) detecting, not only large column densities of warm molecular gas (H2), but the emission of neutral atoms and ions of low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. J. Rodriguez-Fernandez , J. Martin-Pintado

The cloud-scale density, velocity dispersion, and gravitational boundedness of the interstellar medium (ISM) vary within and among galaxies. In turbulent models, these properties play key roles in the ability of gas to form stars. New high…

The specific star-formation rate of star-forming `main sequence' galaxies significantly decreased since z~1.5, due to the decreasing molecular gas fraction and star formation efficiency. However, the radio-infrared (IR) correlation has not…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-29 B. Vollmer , J. Freundlich , P. Gratier , Th. Lizee , M. Lendrin , J. Braine , M. Soida

We used the KOSMA 3m telescope to map the core 7'x5' of the Galactic massive star forming region W3Main in the two fine structure lines of atomic carbon and four mid-J transitions of CO and 13CO. The maps are centered on the luminous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Kramer , H. Jakob , B. Mookerjea , N. Schneider , M. Bruell , J. Stutzki

We report ALMA observations of the neutral atomic carbon transitions [CI] and multiple CO lines in a sample of $\sim30$ main sequence galaxies at $z\sim1$, including novel information on [CI](2-1) and CO(7-6) for 7 of such normal objects.…

Rest-frame 0.48-1.1 micron emission line strengths and molecular gas mass (H_2) upper limits for 3 luminous infrared sources - the hyperluminous infrared galaxies IR F09105+4108 (z=0.44), IR F15307+3252 (z=0.93), and the optically-selected…

Context. Molecular Clouds (MCs) are the place where stars are formed and their feedback starts to take place, regulating the evolution of galaxies. Therefore, MCs represent the critical scale at which to study how ultra-violet (UV) photons…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-12 Fabio Di Mascia , Andrea Pallottini , Laura Sommovigo , Davide Decataldo

We analyze interstellar absorption features in the full UV spectrum of the nearby (d = 24 pc) B8 IVn star alpha Leo (Regulus) obtained at high resolution and high S/N by the HST ASTRAL Treasury program. We derive column densities for many…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 Cecile Gry , Edward B. Jenkins

Carbon monoxide (CO) emission is the most widely used tracer of the bulk molecular gas in the interstellar medium (ISM) in extragalactic studies. The CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factor, $\alpha_{\rm CO}$, links the observed CO emission to the…

The feedback from galactic outflows is thought to play an important role in shaping the gas content, star formation history, and ultimately the stellar mass function of galaxies. Here we present evidence for massive molecular outflows…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Aeree Chung , Min S. Yun , Gopal Naraynan , Mark Heyer , Neal R. Erickson

The fundamental process of star formation in galaxies involves the interplay between the fueling of star formation via molecular gas and the feedback from recently formed massive stars. This process, by which galaxies evolve, is also…

Studying the molecular component of the interstellar medium in metal-poor galaxies has been challenging because of the faintness of carbon monoxide emission, the most common proxy of H2. Here we present new detections of molecular gas at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-25 L. K. Hunt , A. Weiss , C. Henkel , F. Combes , S. Garcia-Burillo , V. Casasola , P. Caselli , A. Lundgren , R. Maiolino , K. M. Menten , L. Testi

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

We use the ~370 square degrees data from the MWISP CO survey to study the vertical distribution of the molecular clouds (MCs) toward the tangent points in the region of l=[16,52]deg and |b|<5.1deg. The molecular disk consists of two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-14 Yang Su , Ji Yang , Qing-Zeng Yan , Shaobo Zhang , Hongchi Wang , Yan Sun , Zhiwei Chen , Chen Wang , Xin Zhou , Xuepeng Chen , Zhibo Jiang , Min Wang

We present high resolution large scale observations of the molecular and atomic gas in the Local Group Galaxy M33. The observations were carried out using the HERA at the 30m IRAM telescope in the CO(2-1) line achieving a resolution of…

We study the molecular gas properties of high-$z$ galaxies observed in the ALMA Spectroscopic Survey (ASPECS) that targets a $\sim1$ arcmin$^2$ region in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF), a blind survey of CO emission (tracing molecular…

We present 3 mm observations obtained with the IRAM 30-m telescope for ten nearby gas-rich active galaxies spanning three orders of magnitude in infrared luminosity. Emission lines of HCO+(1-0), HCN(1-0), and C2H(1-0) were simultaneously…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Xuejian Jiang , Junzhi Wang , Qiusheng Gu

We present the detection of multiple CO line transitions with ALMA in a few tens of infrared-selected galaxies on and above the main sequence at z=1.1-1.7. We reliably detected the emission of CO(5-4), CO(2-1), and CO(7-6)+[CI](2-1) in 50,…

Intensity mapping, which images a single spectral line from unresolved galaxies across cosmological volumes, is a promising technique for probing the early universe. Here we present predictions for the intensity map and power spectrum of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-03 Tony Y. Li , Risa H. Wechsler , Kiruthika Devaraj , Sarah E. Church

We report on results from GBT/ARGUS $^{12}$CO(1-0) observations for the giant low surface brightness galaxy Malin 1, which allow us to determine an upper limit for its CO mass, and hence its molecular gas mass and molecular gas mass surface…