[HTML][HTML] Molecular cloud populations in the context of their host galaxy environments: a multiwavelength perspective

J Sun, AK Leroy, E Rosolowsky, A Hughes… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a rich, multiwavelength, multiscale database built around the PHANGS–ALMA
CO (2− 1) survey and ancillary data. We use this database to present the distributions of …

Giant molecular cloud catalogues for PHANGS-ALMA: methods and initial results

E Rosolowsky, A Hughes, AK Leroy… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present improved methods for segmenting CO emission from galaxies into individual
molecular clouds, providing an update to the cprops algorithms presented by Rosolowsky & …

Cloud-scale molecular gas properties in 15 nearby galaxies

J Sun, AK Leroy, A Schruba… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We measure the velocity dispersion, σ, and surface density, Σ, of the molecular gas in
nearby galaxies from CO spectral line cubes with spatial resolution 45–120 pc, matched to …

The life and times of giant molecular clouds

M Chevance, MR Krumholz, AF McLeod… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are the sites of star formation and stellar feedback in
galaxies. Their properties set the initial conditions for star formation and their lifecycles …

Dynamical equilibrium in the molecular ISM in 28 nearby star-forming galaxies

J Sun, AK Leroy, EC Ostriker, A Hughes… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We compare the observed turbulent pressure in molecular gas, P turb, to the required
pressure for the interstellar gas to stay in equilibrium in the gravitational potential of a …

WISDOM project–XIV. SMBH mass in the early-type galaxies NGC 0612, NGC 1574, and NGC 4261 from CO dynamical modelling

I Ruffa, TA Davis, M Cappellari… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a CO dynamical estimate of the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in
three nearby early-type galaxies: NGC 0612, NGC 1574, and NGC 4261. Our analysis is …

WISDOM Project–X. The morphology of the molecular ISM in galaxy centres and its dependence on galaxy structure

TA Davis, J Gensior, M Bureau… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We use high-resolution maps of the molecular interstellar medium (ISM) in the centres of 86
nearby galaxies from the millimetre-Wave Interferometric Survey of Dark Object Masses …

How galactic environment affects the dynamical state of molecular clouds and their star formation efficiency

A Schruba, JMD Kruijssen, AK Leroy - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate how the dynamical state of molecular clouds relates to host galaxy
environment and how this impacts the star formation efficiency (SFE) in the Milky Way and …

WISDOM Project–XVII. Beam-by-beam properties of the molecular gas in early-type galaxies

TG Williams, M Bureau, TA Davis… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a study of the molecular gas of seven early-type galaxies with high angular
resolution data obtained as part of the mm-Wave Interferometric Survey of Dark Object …

Black Hole Mass Measurements of Radio Galaxies NGC 315 and NGC 4261 Using ALMA CO Observations

BD Boizelle, JL Walsh, AJ Barth, DA Buote… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Cycle 5 and
Cycle 6 observations of CO (2− 1) and CO (3− 2) emission at 0 farcs 2− 0 farcs 3 resolution …