Chemodynamics of barred galaxies in cosmological simulations: On the Milky Way's quiescent merger history and in-situ bulge

F Fragkoudi, RJJ Grand, R Pakmor… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We explore the chemodynamical properties of a sample of barred galaxies in the Auriga
magnetohydrodynamical cosmological zoom-in simulations, which form boxy/peanut (b/p) …

Kinematic signatures of nuclear discs and bar-driven secular evolution in nearby galaxies of the MUSE TIMER project

DA Gadotti, A Bittner, J Falcón-Barroso… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The central regions of disc galaxies hold clues to the processes that dominate their
formation and evolution. To exploit this, the TIMER project has obtained high signal-to-noise …

Empire: the iram 30 m dense gas survey of nearby galaxies

MJ Jiménez-Donaire, F Bigiel, AK Leroy… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present EMPIRE, an IRAM 30 m large program that mapped λ= 3–4 mm dense gas
tracers at∼ 1–2 kpc resolution across the whole star-forming disk of nine nearby massive …

Time Inference with MUSE in Extragalactic Rings (TIMER): properties of the survey and high-level data products

DA Gadotti, P Sánchez-Blázquez… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Time Inference with MUSE in Extragalactic Rings (TIMER) project is a survey
with the VLT–MUSE integral-field spectrograph of 24 nearby barred galaxies with prominent …

Inside-out formation of nuclear discs and the absence of old central spheroids in barred galaxies of the TIMER survey

A Bittner, P Sánchez-Blázquez, DA Gadotti… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The centres of disc galaxies host a variety of structures built via both internal and external
processes. In this study, we constrain the formation and evolution of these central structures …

The GIST pipeline: A multi-purpose tool for the analysis and visualisation of (integral-field) spectroscopic data

A Bittner, J Falcón-Barroso, B Nedelchev… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
We present a convenient, all-in-one framework for the scientific analysis of fully
reduced,(integral-field) spectroscopic data. The Galaxy IFU Spectroscopy Tool (GIST) is …

The multiphase gas structure and kinematics in the circumnuclear region of NGC 5728

TT Shimizu, RI Davies, D Lutz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We report on our combined analysis of HST, VLT/MUSE, VLT/SINFONI, and ALMA
observations of the local Seyfert 2 galaxy, NGC 5728 to investigate in detail the feeding and …

Simulations of the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone–II. Star formation

MC Sormani, RG Tress, SCO Glover… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) has emerged in recent years as
a unique laboratory for the study of star formation. Here we use the simulations presented in …

The nuclear stellar disc of the Milky Way: A dynamically cool and metal-rich component possibly formed from the central molecular zone

M Schultheis, TK Fritz, G Nandakumar… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The nuclear stellar disc (NSD) is, together with the nuclear star cluster (NSC) and
the central massive black hole, one of the main components in the central parts of our Milky …

The life cycle of the Central Molecular Zone–I. Inflow, star formation, and winds

L Armillotta, MR Krumholz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present a study of the gas cycle and star formation history in the central 500 pc of the
Milky Way, known as Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). Through hydrodynamical simulations …