Environmental dependence of the molecular cloud lifecycle in 54 main-sequence galaxies

J Kim, M Chevance, JMD Kruijssen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The processes of star formation and feedback, regulating the cycle of matter between gas
and stars on the scales of giant molecular clouds (GMCs;∼ 100 pc), play a major role in …

Quantifying the energy balance between the turbulent ionised gas and young stars

OV Egorov, K Kreckel, SCO Glover, B Groves… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Stellar feedback is a key contributor to the morphology and dynamics of the
interstellar medium in star-forming galaxies. In particular, energy and momentum input from …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628

AT Barnes, EJ Watkins, SE Meidt… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a high-resolution view of bubbles within the Phantom Galaxy (NGC 628), a
nearby (∼ 10 Mpc), star-forming (∼ 2 M⊙ yr− 1), face-on (i∼ 9) grand-design spiral galaxy …

Stellar feedback in M 83 as observed with MUSE-II. Analysis of the H II region population: Ionisation budget and pre-SN feedback

L Della Bruna, A Adamo, AF McLeod, LJ Smith… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Energy and momentum injected by young, massive stars into the surrounding gas
play an important role in regulating further star formation and in determining the galaxy's …

The Fraction of Dust Mass in the Form of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on 10–50 pc Scales in Nearby Galaxies

J Sutter, K Sandstrom, J Chastenet… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a ubiquitous component of the interstellar
medium (ISM) in z∼ 0 massive, star-forming galaxies and play key roles in ISM energy …

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

C Eibensteiner, J Sun, F Bigiel, AK Leroy… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
The molecular-to-atomic gas ratio is crucial to our understanding of the evolution of the
interstellar medium (ISM) in galaxies. We investigated the balance between the atomic (Σ HI) …

PHANGS-HST Catalogs for∼ 100,000 Star Clusters and Compact Associations in 38 Galaxies. I. Observed Properties

D Maschmann, JC Lee, DA Thilker… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the largest catalog to date of star clusters and compact associations in nearby
galaxies. We have performed a V-band-selected census of clusters across the 38 spiral …

Molecular gas and star formation in nearby starburst galaxy mergers

H He, C Bottrell, C Wilson, J Moreno… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We employ the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE-2) physics model to
study how the properties of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) evolve during galaxy mergers …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: Mid-infrared Emission Traces Both Gas Column Density and Heating at 100 pc Scales

AK Leroy, K Sandstrom, E Rosolowsky… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We compare mid-infrared (mid-IR), extinction-corrected Hα, and CO (2–1) emission at 70–
160 pc resolution in the first four PHANGS–JWST targets. We report correlation strengths …

Stellar associations powering H ii regions – I. Defining an evolutionary sequence

F Scheuermann, K Kreckel, AT Barnes… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Connecting the gas in H ii regions to the underlying source of the ionizing radiation can help
us constrain the physical processes of stellar feedback and how H ii regions evolve over …