Star formation in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies

RC Kennicutt Jr, NJ Evans - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
We review progress over the past decade in observations of large-scale star formation, with
a focus on the interface between extragalactic and Galactic studies. Methods of measuring …

Star formation and nuclear activity in luminous infrared galaxies: an infrared through radio review

M Perez-Torres, S Mattila, A Alonso-Herrero… - The Astronomy and …, 2021 - Springer
Nearby galaxies offer unique laboratories allowing multi-wavelength spatially resolved
studies of the interstellar medium, star formation and nuclear activity across a broad range of …

The star formation rate and dense molecular gas in galaxies

Y Gao, PM Solomon - The Astrophysical Journal, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
HCN luminosity is a tracer of dense molecular gas, n (H 2)≳ 3× 10 4 cm-3, associated with
star-forming giant molecular cloud (GMC) cores. We present the results and analysis of our …

Growing supermassive black holes in the late stages of galaxy mergers are heavily obscured

C Ricci, FE Bauer, E Treister… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mergers of galaxies are thought to cause significant gas inflows to the inner parsecs, which
can activate rapid accretion on to supermassive black holes (SMBHs), giving rise to active …

Submillimeter galaxies at z~ 2: evidence for major mergers and constraints on lifetimes, IMF, and CO-H2 conversion factor

LJ Tacconi, R Genzel, I Smail, R Neri… - The Astrophysical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We report subarcsecond resolution IRAM PdBI millimeter CO interferometry of four z\sim 2
submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), and sensitive CO (3-2) flux limits toward three z\sim 2 …

Mapping large-scale gaseous outflows in ultraluminous galaxies with Keck II ESI spectra: variations in outflow velocity with galactic mass

CL Martin - The Astrophysical Journal, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Measurements of interstellar Na I λλ5890, 5896 absorption lines in 18 ultraluminous infrared
galaxies (ULIGs) have been combined with published Na I data, to reassess the …

The multiphase structure and power sources of galactic winds in major mergers

DSN Rupke, S Veilleux - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Massive, galaxy-scale outflows are known to be ubiquitous in major mergers of disk galaxies
in the local universe. In this paper, we explore the multiphase structure and power sources …

Spitzer quasar and ulirg evolution study (quest). IV. Comparison of 1 Jy ultraluminous infrared galaxies with palomar-green quasars

S Veilleux, DSN Rupke, DC Kim… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results from a comprehensive study of 74 ultraluminous infrared galaxies
(ULIRGs) and 34 Palomar-Green (PG) quasars within z∼ 0.3 observed with the Spitzer …

Enhanced Subkiloparsec-scale Star Formation: Results from a JWST Size Analysis of 341 Galaxies at 5< z< 14

T Morishita, M Stiavelli, RR Chary, M Trenti… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Enhanced Subkiloparsec-scale Star Formation: Results from a JWST Size Analysis of 341
Galaxies at 5 < z < 14 - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you …

MIRI/JWST observations reveal an extremely obscured starburst in the z= 6.9 system SPT0311-58

J Álvarez-Márquez, AC Gómez, L Colina… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Luminous infrared starbursts in the early Universe are thought to be the progenitors of
massive quiescent galaxies identified at redshifts 2–4. Using the Mid-IRfrared Instrument …