Molecular gas in the Andromeda galaxy
Ch. Nieten,N. Neininger,N. Neininger,M. Guelin,H. Ungerechts,R. Lucas,Elly M. Berkhuijsen,Rainer Beck,Richard Wielebinski +8 more
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M 31, the closest large spiral galaxy to our own, is the best object for studying molecular clouds and their relation to the spiral structure as discussed by the authors, and it is also one of the best places where to estimate molecular clouds masses through the Virial Theorem.Abstract:
M 31, the closest large spiral galaxy to our own, is the best object for studying molecular clouds and their relation to the spiral structure. As one of the astronomical objects with the best known distance (0.78 ± 0.02 Mpc), it is also one of the best places where to estimate molecular clouds masses through the Virial Theorem.read more
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Molecular Hydrogen and Global Star Formation Relations in Galaxies
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Secular Evolution in Disk Galaxies
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Andromeda's dust
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Spitzer Space Telescope and Herschel Space Observatory imaging of M31 to construct maps of dust surface density, dust-to-gas ratio, starlight heating intensity, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) abundance, out to R ≈ 25 kpc.
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The state of the gas and the relation between gas and star formation at low metallicity: the small magellanic cloud
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Radial variation of attenuation and star formation in the largest late-type disks observed with GALEX
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