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 …

JWST/NIRCam observations of stars and H ii regions in z ≃ 6–8 galaxies: properties of star-forming complexes on 150 pc scales

Z Chen, DP Stark, R Endsley, M Topping… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The onset of the JWST-era provides a much-improved opportunity to characterize the
resolved structure of early star-forming systems. Previous Spitzer observations of z≳ 6 …

The diversity and variability of star formation histories in models of galaxy evolution

KG Iyer, S Tacchella, S Genel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the variability of galaxy star formation histories (SFHs) across a range of time-
scales provides insight into the underlying physical processes that regulate star formation …

Exploring the physical properties of lensed star-forming clumps at 2 ≲ z ≲ 6

U Meštrić, E Vanzella, A Zanella… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We study the physical properties (size, stellar mass, luminosity, and star formation rate) and
scaling relations for a sample of 166 star-forming clumps with redshift z∼ 2–6.2. They are …

High star cluster formation efficiency in the strongly lensed Sunburst Lyman-continuum galaxy at z= 2.37

E Vanzella, M Castellano, P Bergamini… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We investigate the strongly lensed (μ≃× 10− 100) Lyman continuum (LyC) galaxy, dubbed
Sunburst, at z= 2.37, taking advantage of a new accurate model of the lens. A …

Cold gas disks in main-sequence galaxies at cosmic noon: Low turbulence, flat rotation curves, and disk-halo degeneracy

F Lelli, ZY Zhang, TG Bisbas, L Lin… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We study the dynamics of cold molecular gas in two main-sequence galaxies at cosmic
noon (zC-488879 at z≃ 1.47 and zC-400569 at z≃ 2.24) using new high-resolution ALMA …

Early Results from GLASS-JWST. VII. Evidence for Lensed, Gravitationally Bound Protoglobular Clusters at z= 4 in the Hubble Frontier Field A2744

E Vanzella, M Castellano, P Bergamini… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the blue and optical rest-frame sizes (λ≃ 2300–4000 Å) of three compact star-
forming regions in a galaxy at z= 4 strongly lensed (× 30,× 45, and× 100) by the Hubble …

Stochastic modelling of star-formation histories II: star-formation variability from molecular clouds and gas inflow

S Tacchella, JC Forbes, N Caplar - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A key uncertainty in galaxy evolution is the physics regulating star formation,
ranging from small-scale processes related to the life-cycle of molecular clouds within …

The MUSE Deep Lensed Field on the Hubble Frontier Field MACS J0416-Star-forming complexes at cosmological distances

E Vanzella, GB Caminha, P Rosati, A Mercurio… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. A census of faint and tiny star forming complexes at high redshift is key to improving
our understanding of reionizing sources, galaxy growth, and the formation of globular …

Fraction of Clumpy Star-forming Galaxies at 0.5≤ z≤ 3 in UVCANDELS: Dependence on Stellar Mass and Environment

Z Sattari, B Mobasher, N Chartab… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
High-resolution imaging of galaxies in rest-frame UV has revealed the existence of giant star-
forming clumps prevalent in high-redshift galaxies. Studying these substructures provides …