Do Spectroscopic Dense Gas Fractions Track Molecular Cloud Surface Densities?
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Gallagher, Molly; Leroy, Adam K.; Bigiel, Frank; Cormier, Diane; Jimenez-Donaire, Maria; Hughes, Annie; Pety, Jerome; Schinnerer, Eva; Sun, Jiayi; Usero, Antonio; Krumholz, Mark; Hughes, A.; Bolatto, Alberto; Meidt, Sharon E.; Meier, David
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We use Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and Institute for Radio Astronomy in the Millimeter 30 m telescope data to investigate the relationship between the spectroscopically traced dense gas fraction and the cloud-scale (120 pc) molecular gas surface density in five nearby, star-forming galaxies. We estimate the dense gas mass fraction at 650 and 2800 pc scales using the ratio of HCN (1−0) to CO (1−0) emission. We then use high-resolution (120 pc) CO (2−1) maps to calculate the...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2018-11-30 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/188499 |
Source: | Astrophysical Journal Letters |
DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/aaf16a |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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