PHANGS-MeerKAT and MHONGOOSE HI observations of nearby spiral galaxies: physical drivers of the molecular gas fraction, $R_{\mathrm{mol}}$

Autor: Eibensteiner, Cosima, Sun, Jiayi, Bigiel, Frank, Leroy, Adam K., Schinnerer, Eva, Rosolowsky, Erik, Kurapati, Sushma, Pisano, D. J., de Blok, W. J. G, Barnes, Ashley T., Thorp, Mallory, Colombo, Dario, Koch, Eric W., Chiang, I-Da, Ostriker, Eve C., Murphy, Eric J., Zabel, Nikki, Laudage, Sebstian, Maccagni, Filippo M., Healy, Julia, Sekhar, Srikrishna, Utomo, Dyas, Brok, Jakob den, Cao, Yixian, Chevance, Mélanie, Dale, Daniel A., Faesi, Christopher M., Glover, Simon C. O., He, Hao, Jeffreson, Sarah, Jiménez-Donaire, María J., Klessen, Ralf, Neumann, Justus, Pan, Hsi-An, Pathak, Debosmita, Querejeta, Miguel, Teng, Yu-Hsuan, Usero, Antonio, Williams, Thomas G.

Publikováno v: A&A 691, A163 (2024)

The molecular-to-atomic gas ratio is crucial to the evolution of the interstellar medium in galaxies. We investigate the balance between the atomic ($\Sigma_{\rm HI}$) and molecular gas ($\Sigma_{\rm H2}$) surface densities in eight nearby star-formi

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.01716

PHANGS-MeerKAT and MHONGOOSE HI observations of nearby spiral galaxies: Physical drivers of the molecular gas fraction, Rmol.

Autor: Eibensteiner, Cosima^1,2 (AUTHOR) ceibenst@nrao.edu, Sun, Jiayi³ (AUTHOR), Bigiel, Frank¹ (AUTHOR), Leroy, Adam K.^4,5 (AUTHOR), Schinnerer, Eva⁶ (AUTHOR), Rosolowsky, Erik⁷ (AUTHOR), Kurapati, Sushma⁸ (AUTHOR), Pisano, D. J.⁸ (AUTHOR), de Blok, W. J. G^8,9,10 (AUTHOR), Barnes, Ashley T.¹¹ (AUTHOR), Thorp, Mallory¹ (AUTHOR), Colombo, Dario¹ (AUTHOR), Koch, Eric W.¹² (AUTHOR), Chiang, I-Da¹³ (AUTHOR), Ostriker, Eve C.³ (AUTHOR), Murphy, Eric J.² (AUTHOR), Zabel, Nikki⁸ (AUTHOR), Laudage, Sebstian¹ (AUTHOR), Maccagni, Filippo M.¹⁰ (AUTHOR), Healy, Julia¹⁰ (AUTHOR)

Publikováno v: Astronomy & Astrophysics / Astronomie et Astrophysique. 2024, Vol. 691, p1-24. 24p.