The organization of cloud-scale gas density structure: high-resolution CO versus 3.6 μm brightness contrasts in nearby galaxies

In this paper we examine the factors that shape the distribution of molecular gas surface densities on the 150 pc scale across 67 morphologically diverse star-forming galaxies in the PHANGS-ALMA CO (2-1) survey. Dividing each galaxy into radial bins, we measure molecular gas surface density contrast...

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Hauptverfasser: Meidt, Sharon E. (VerfasserIn) , Leroy, Adam K. (VerfasserIn) , Querejeta, Miguel (VerfasserIn) , Schinnerer, Eva (VerfasserIn) , Sun, Jiayi (VerfasserIn) , Wel, Arjen van der (VerfasserIn) , Emsellem, Eric (VerfasserIn) , Henshaw, Jonathan (VerfasserIn) , Hughes, Annie (VerfasserIn) , Kruijssen, Diederik (VerfasserIn) , Rosolowsky, Erik (VerfasserIn) , Schruba, Andreas (VerfasserIn) , Barnes, Ashley (VerfasserIn) , Bigiel, Frank (VerfasserIn) , Blanc, Guillermo A. (VerfasserIn) , Chevance, Mélanie (VerfasserIn) , Cao, Yixian (VerfasserIn) , Dale, Daniel A. (VerfasserIn) , Faesi, Christopher (VerfasserIn) , Glover, Simon (VerfasserIn) , Grasha, Kathryn (VerfasserIn) , Groves, Brent (VerfasserIn) , Herrera, Cynthia (VerfasserIn) , Klessen, Ralf S. (VerfasserIn) , Kreckel, Kathryn (VerfasserIn) , Liu, Daizhong (VerfasserIn) , Pan, Hsi-An (VerfasserIn) , Pety, Jerome (VerfasserIn) , Saito, Toshiki (VerfasserIn) , Usero, Antonio (VerfasserIn) , Watkins, Elizabeth J. (VerfasserIn) , Williams, Thomas G. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021 June 1
In: The astrophysical journal
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 913, Heft: 2, Pages: 1-16
ISSN:1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/abf35b
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abf35b
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Verfasserangaben:Sharon E. Meidt, Adam K. Leroy, Miguel Querejeta, Eva Schinnerer, Jiayi Sun, Arjen van der Wel, Eric Emsellem, Jonathan Henshaw, Annie Hughes, J.M. Diederik Kruijssen, Erik Rosolowsky, Andreas Schruba, Ashley Barnes, Frank Bigiel, Guillermo A. Blanc, Melanie Chevance, Yixian Cao, Daniel A. Dale, Christopher Faesi, Simon C.O. Glover, Kathryn Grasha, Brent Groves, Cynthia Herrera, Ralf S. Klessen, Kathryn Kreckel, Daizhong Liu, Hsi-An Pan, Jerome Pety, Toshiki Saito, Antonio Usero, Elizabeth Watkins, and Thomas G. Williams

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