Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Galaxies Revealed with a New CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor Prescription

Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Galaxies Revealed with a New CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor Prescription

Determining how the galactic environment, especially the high gas densities and complex dynamics in bar-fed galaxy centers, alters the star formation efficiency (SFE) of molecular gas is critical to understanding galaxy evolution. However, these same physical or dynamical effects also alter the emis...

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Main Authors: Yu-Hsuan Teng, I-Da Chiang, Karin M. Sandstrom, Jiayi Sun, Adam K. Leroy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Antonio Usero, Eve C. Ostriker, Miguel Querejeta, Jérémy Chastenet, Frank Bigiel, Médéric Boquien, Jakob den Brok, Yixian Cao, Mélanie Chevance, Ryan Chown, Dario Colombo, Cosima Eibensteiner, Simon C. O. Glover, Kathryn Grasha, Jonathan D. Henshaw, María J. Jiménez-Donaire, Daizhong Liu, Eric J. Murphy, Hsi-An Pan, Sophia K. Stuber, Thomas G. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
CO line emission
Disk galaxies
Galaxy nuclei
Giant molecular clouds
Star formation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad10ae

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad10ae

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