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-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 …

Excitation and ionization properties of star-forming galaxies at z= 2.0–9.3 with JWST/NIRSpec

RL Sanders, AE Shapley, MW Topping… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We utilize medium-resolution JWST/NIRSpec observations of 164 galaxies at z= 2.0–9.3
from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey to investigate the …

Environmental dependence of the molecular cloud lifecycle in 54 main-sequence galaxies

J Kim, M Chevance, JMD Kruijssen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The processes of star formation and feedback, regulating the cycle of matter between gas
and stars on the scales of giant molecular clouds (GMCs;∼ 100 pc), play a major role in …

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 …

Star formation laws and efficiencies across 80 nearby galaxies

J Sun, AK Leroy, EC Ostriker, S Meidt… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We measure empirical relationships between the local star formation rate (SFR) and
properties of the star-forming molecular gas on 1.5 kpc scales across 80 nearby galaxies …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: A Statistical View on Bubble Evolution in NGC 628

EJ Watkins, AT Barnes, K Henny, H Kim… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The first JWST observations of nearby galaxies have unveiled a rich population of bubbles
that trace the stellar-feedback mechanisms responsible for their creation. Studying these …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: Destruction of the PAH Molecules in H ii Regions Probed by JWST and MUSE

OV Egorov, K Kreckel, KM Sandstrom… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a critical role in the reprocessing of stellar
radiation and balancing the heating and cooling processes in the interstellar medium but …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: Rapid Evolution of Star Formation in the Central Molecular Gas Ring of NGC 1365

E Schinnerer, E Emsellem, JD Henshaw… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Large-scale bars can fuel galaxy centers with molecular gas, often leading to the
development of dense ringlike structures where intense star formation occurs, forming a very …

H α emission in local galaxies: star formation, time variability, and the diffuse ionized gas

S Tacchella, A Smith, R Kannan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The nebular recombination line H α is widely used as a star formation rate (SFR) indicator in
the local and high-redshift Universe. We present a detailed H α radiative transfer study of …