Predictions and outcomes for the dynamics of rotating galaxies

S McGaugh - Galaxies, 2020 - mdpi.com
A review is given of a priori predictions made for the dynamics of rotating galaxies. One
theory—MOND—has had many predictions corroborated by subsequent observations …

PHANGS–ALMA: Arcsecond CO (2–1) Imaging of Nearby Star-forming Galaxies

AK Leroy, E Schinnerer, A Hughes… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present PHANGS–ALMA, the first survey to map CO J= 2→ 1 line emission at∼ 1''∼ 100
pc spatial resolution from a representative sample of 90 nearby (d≲ 20 Mpc) galaxies that lie …

The phangs-muse survey-probing the chemo-dynamical evolution of disc galaxies

E Emsellem, E Schinnerer, F Santoro, F Belfiore… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We present the PHANGS-MUSE survey, a programme that uses the MUSE integral field
spectrograph at the ESO VLT to map 19 massive (9.4< log (M⋆/M⊙)< 11.0) nearby (D≲ 20 …

Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution and Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei: Clues to the Structure of Circumnuclear Material

J Lyu, G Rieke - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
The active galactic nucleus (AGN) phenomenon results from a supermassive black hole
accreting its surrounding gaseous and dusty material. The infrared (IR) regime provides …

The lifecycle of molecular clouds in nearby star-forming disc galaxies

M Chevance, JMD Kruijssen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
It remains a major challenge to derive a theory of cloud-scale (pc) star formation and
feedback, describing how galaxies convert gas into stars as a function of the galactic …

SPARC: Mass models for 175 disk galaxies with Spitzer photometry and accurate rotation curves

F Lelli, SS McGaugh, JM Schombert - The Astronomical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We introduce SPARC (Spitzer Photometry and Accurate Rotation Curves): a
sample of 175 nearby galaxies with new surface photometry at 3.6 μm and high-quality …

Fast and inefficient star formation due to short-lived molecular clouds and rapid feedback

JMD Kruijssen, A Schruba, M Chevance, SN Longmore… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The physics of star formation and the deposition of mass, momentum and energy into the
interstellar medium by massive stars ('feedback') are the main uncertainties in modern …

One law to rule them all: the radial acceleration relation of galaxies

F Lelli, SS McGaugh, JM Schombert… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the link between baryons and dark matter (DM) in 240 galaxies with spatially
resolved kinematic data. Our sample spans 9 dex in stellar mass and includes all …

High-resolution mass models of dwarf galaxies from LITTLE THINGS

SH Oh, DA Hunter, E Brinks… - The Astronomical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present high-resolution rotation curves and mass models of 26 dwarf galaxies from"
Local Irregulars That Trace Luminosity Extremes, The H i Nearby Galaxy Survey"(LITTLE …

Self-interacting dark matter can explain diverse galactic rotation curves

A Kamada, M Kaplinghat, AB Pace, HB Yu - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
The rotation curves of spiral galaxies exhibit a diversity that has been difficult to understand
in the cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm. We show that the self-interacting dark matter …