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Variations in the Star Formation Efficiency of the Dense Molecular Gas across the Disks of Star-Forming Galaxies
(2015-10)
We present a new survey of HCN(1-0) emission, a tracer of dense molecular gas, focused on the little-explored regime of normal star-forming galaxy disks. Combining HCN, CO, and infrared (IR) emission, we investigate the ...
A low H I column density filament in NGC 2403 : signature of interaction or accretion
(2014-09-25)
Observed H i accretion around nearby galaxies can only account for a fraction of the gas supply needed to sustain the currently observed star formation rates. It is possible that additional accretion occurs in the form of ...
Estimating the star formation rate at 1 kpc scales in nearby galaxies.
(2012-07)
Using combinations of H alpha, ultraviolet (UV), and infrared (IR) emission, we estimate the star formation rate (SFR) surface density, Sigma(SFR), at 1 kpc resolution for 30 disk galaxies that are targets of the IRAM ...
Low CO luminosities in dwarf galaxies
(2012-05-07)
We present maps of (12)COJ = 2-1 emission covering the entire star-forming disks of 16 nearby dwarf galaxies observed by the IRAM HERACLES survey. The data have 13 '' angular resolution, similar to 250 pc at our average ...
Dark and luminous matter in THINGS dwarf galaxies
(2011)
We present mass models for the dark matter component of seven dwarf galaxies taken from "The H I Nearby Galaxy Survey" (THINGS) and compare these with those taken from numerical Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) simulations. The ...
The fine-scale structure of the neutral interstellar medium in nearby galaxies
(2011)
We present an analysis of the properties of H I holes detected in 20 galaxies that are part of "The H I Nearby Galaxy Survey." We detected more than 1000 holes in total in the sampled galaxies. Where they can be measured, ...
A constant molecular gas depletion time in nearby disk galaxies
(2011)
We combine new sensitive, wide-field CO data from the HERACLES survey with ultraviolet and infrared data from GALEX and Spitzer to compare the surface densities of H2, ΣH2, and the recent star formation rate, ΣSFR, over ...
A molecular star formation law in the atomic-gas-dominated regime in nearby galaxies
(2011)
We use the IRAM HERACLES survey to study CO emission from 33 nearby spiral galaxies down to very low intensities. Using 21 cm line atomic hydrogen (H I) data, mostly from THINGS, we predict the local mean CO velocity based ...