Molecular Gas and the Star-Formation Process on Cloud Scales in Nearby Galaxies

E Schinnerer, AK Leroy - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Observations that resolve nearby galaxies into individual regions across multiple phases of
the gas–star formation feedback “matter cycle” have provided a sharp new view of molecular …

The PHANGS–JWST Treasury Survey: Star Formation, Feedback, and Dust Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby GalaxieS

JC Lee, KM Sandstrom, AK Leroy… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The PHANGS collaboration has been building a reference data set for the multiscale,
multiphase study of star formation and the interstellar medium (ISM) in nearby galaxies. With …

Nitrogen-enriched, Highly Pressurized Nebular Clouds Surrounding a Super Star Cluster at Cosmic Noon

M Pascale, L Dai, CF McKee… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Strong lensing offers a precious opportunity for studying the formation and early evolution of
super star clusters that are rare in our cosmic backyard. The Sunburst Arc, a lensed Cosmic …

Fuelling the nuclear ring of NGC 1097

MC Sormani, AT Barnes, J Sun… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Galactic bars can drive cold gas inflows towards the centres of galaxies. The gas transport
happens primarily through the so-called bar dust lanes, which connect the galactic disc at …

The X-Ray Binary-star Cluster Connection in Late-type Galaxies

Q Hunt, R Chandar, E Gallo, M Floyd… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We conduct one of the largest systematic investigations of bright X-ray binaries (XRBs) in
both young star clusters and ancient globular clusters (GCs) using a sample of six nearby …

A Tale of Three Dwarfs: No Extreme Cluster Formation in Extreme Star-forming Galaxies

R Chandar, M Caputo, A Mok, S Linden… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Nearly all current simulations predict that outcomes of the star formation process, such as
the fraction of stars that form in bound clusters (Γ), depend on the intensity of star formation …

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 …

ALMA-LEGUS. II. The Influence of Subgalactic Environments on Molecular Cloud Properties

MK Finn, KE Johnson, R Indebetouw… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We compare the molecular cloud properties in subgalactic regions of two galaxies, barred
spiral NGC 1313, which is forming many massive clusters, and flocculent spiral NGC 7793 …

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 …

Deriving physical parameters of unresolved star clusters-VIII. Limits of aperture photometry for star cluster studies

K Daugevičius, E Kriščiūnas, E Cicėnas… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Recently, it has been noticed that the discrepancies in the integrated colour indices
(CIs) between star clusters and models are mostly due to the projection of bright stars in the …