Understanding galaxy evolution through emission lines

LJ Kewley, DC Nicholls… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
We review the use of emission lines for understanding galaxy evolution, focusing on
excitation source, metallicity, ionization parameter, ISM pressure, and electron density. We …

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 …

Unveiling the Universe with emerging cosmological probes

M Moresco, L Amati, L Amendola, S Birrer… - Living Reviews in …, 2022 - Springer
The detection of the accelerated expansion of the Universe has been one of the major
breakthroughs in modern cosmology. Several cosmological probes (Cosmic Microwave …

JWST/NIRCam probes young star clusters in the reionization era sunrise arc

E Vanzella, A Claeyssens, B Welch… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Star cluster formation in the early universe and its contribution to reionization remains
largely unconstrained to date. Here we present JWST/NIRCam imaging of the most highly …

A tale of two DIGs: The relative role of H II regions and low-mass hot evolved stars in powering the diffuse ionised gas (DIG) in PHANGS–MUSE galaxies

F Belfiore, F Santoro, B Groves, E Schinnerer… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We use integral field spectroscopy from the PHANGS–MUSE survey, which resolves the
ionised interstellar medium structure at∼ 50 pc resolution in 19 nearby spiral galaxies, to …

The PHANGS–MUSE nebular catalogue

B Groves, K Kreckel, F Santoro… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ionized nebulae provide critical insights into the conditions of the interstellar medium (ISM).
Their bright emission lines enable the measurement of physical properties, such as the gas …

Very high redshift quasars and the rapid emergence of supermassive black holes

P Kroupa, L Subr, T Jerabkova… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The observation of quasars at very high redshift such as Pōniuā'ena is a challenge for
models of supermassive black hole (SMBH) formation. This work presents a study of SMBH …

ProSpect: generating spectral energy distributions with complex star formation and metallicity histories

ASG Robotham, S Bellstedt, CP Lagos… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We introduce ProSpect, a generative galaxy spectral energy distribution (SED) package that
encapsulates the best practices for SED methodologies in a number of astrophysical …

Deep Extragalactic VIsible Legacy Survey (DEVILS): SED fitting in the D10-COSMOS field and the evolution of the stellar mass function and SFR–M relation

JE Thorne, ASG Robotham, LJM Davies… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present catalogues of stellar masses, star formation rates (SFRs), and ancillary stellar
population parameters for galaxies spanning 0< z< 9 from the Deep Extragalactic VIsible …