Publications (65)
Quantifying the energetics of molecular superbubbles in PHANGS galaxies
E. J. Watkins, K. Kreckel, B. Groves +26
Star formation and stellar feedback are interlinked processes that redistribute energy and matter throughout galaxies. When young, massive stars form in spatially clustered environ…
Gas Fraction and Depletion Time of Massive Star Forming Galaxies at z~3.2: No Change in Global Star Formation Process out to z>3
E. Schinnerer, B. Groves, M. T. Sargent +8
The observed evolution of the gas fraction and its associated depletion time in main sequence (MS) galaxies provides insights on how star formation proceeds over cosmic time. We re…
Characterizing spiral arm and interarm star formation
K. Kreckel, G. A. Blanc, E. Schinnerer +4
Interarm star formation contributes significantly to a galaxy's star formation budget, and provides an opportunity to study stellar birthplaces unperturbed by spiral arm dynamics.…
Direct Far-Infrared Metal Abundances (FIRA) I: M101
C. Lamarche, J. D. Smith, K. Kreckel +12
Accurately determining gas-phase metal-abundances within galaxies is critical as metals strongly affect the physics of the interstellar medium (ISM). To date, the vast majority of…
Fitting the integrated Spectral Energy Distributions of Galaxies
C. J. Walcher, B. Groves, T. Budavari +1
Fitting the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies is an almost universally used technique that has matured significantly in the last decade. Model predictions and fittin…
Cool Dust in the Outer Ring of NGC 1291
J. L. Hinz, C. W. Engelbracht, R. Skibba +18
We examine Herschel Space Observatory images of one nearby prototypical outer ring galaxy, NGC 1291, and show that the ring becomes more prominent at wavelengths longer than 160um.…
Spitzer-IRS Study of the Antennae Galaxies NGC 4038/39
B. R. Brandl, L. Snijders, M. den Brok +8
Using the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope, we observed the Antennae galaxies obtaining spectral maps of the entire central region and high signal-to-noise 5-38…
X-shooting GRBs at high redshift: probing dust production history
T. Zafar, P. Møller, D. Watson +16
Evolved asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and Type Ia supernovae (SNe) are important contributors to the elements that form dust in the interstellar medium of galaxies, in partic…
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Physical drivers of stellar-gas kinematic misalignments in the nearby Universe
A. Ristea, L. Cortese, A. Fraser-McKelvie +10
Misalignments between the rotation axis of stars and gas are an indication of external processes shaping galaxies throughout their evolution. Using observations of 3068 galaxies fr…
The PHANGS-MUSE/HST-Halpha Nebulae Catalogue
A. T. Barnes, R. Chandar, K. Kreckel +38
We present the PHANGS-MUSE/HST-Halpha nebulae catalogue, comprising 5177 spatially resolved nebulae across 19 nearby star-forming galaxies (< 20 Mpc), based on high-resolution Halp…
A revised planetary nebula luminosity function distance to NGC 628 using MUSE
K. Kreckel, B. Groves, F. Bigiel +5
Distance uncertainties plague our understanding of the physical scales relevant to the physics of star formation in extragalactic studies. The planetary nebulae luminosity function…
Probing star formation and ISM properties using galaxy disk inclination I: Evolution in disk opacity since
S. K. Leslie, M. T. Sargent, E. Schinnerer +6
Disk galaxies at intermediate redshift () have been found in previous work to display more optically thick behaviour than their local counterparts in the rest-frame B-ban…
The HI Environment of Three Superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud
M. S. Oey, B. Groves, L. Staveley-Smith +1
The ambient interstellar environment of wind- and supernova-driven superbubbles strongly affects their evolution, but its properties are rarely well-determined. We have therefore o…
A physically motivated `charge-exchange method' for measuring electron temperatures within HII regions
K. Kreckel, O. Egorov, F. Belfiore +9
Aims: Temperature uncertainties plague our understanding of abundance variations within the ISM. Using the PHANGS-MUSE large program, we develop and apply a new technique to model…
The Displaced Dusty ISM of NGC 3077: Tidal Stripping in the M 81 Triplet
Fabian Walter, Karin Sandstrom, G. Aniano +32
We present the detection of extended (~30 kpc^2) dust emission in the tidal \hi\ arm near NGC 3077 (member of the M\,81 triplet) using SPIRE on board Herschel. Dust emission in the…
Mid-Infrared Atomic Fine-Structure Emission Line Spectra of Luminous Infrared Galaxies: Spitzer/IRS Spectra of the GOALS Sample
H. Inami, L. Armus, V. Charmandaris +18
We present the data and our analysis of MIR fine-structure emission lines detected in Spitzer/IRS high-res spectra of 202 local LIRGs observed as part of the GOALS project. We dete…
Extended silicate dust emission in PG QSOs
M. Schweitzer, B. Groves, H. Netzer +9
This paper addresses the origin of the silicate emission observed in PG QSOs, based on observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope. Scenarios based on the unified model suggest t…
Dust in dwarf galaxies: The case of NGC 4214
U. Lisenfeld, I. Hermelo, M. Relano +4
We have carried out a detailed modelling of the dust heating and emission in the nearby, starbursting dwarf galaxy NGC 4214. Due to its proximity and the great wealth of data from…
Ultra-faint [CII] emission in a redshift = 2 gravitationally-lensed metal-poor dwarf galaxy
M. Rybak, E. da Cunha, B. Groves +13
Extreme emission-line galaxies (EELGs) at redshift z=1-2 provide a unique view of metal-poor, starburst sources that are the likely drivers of the cosmic reionization at z.…
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: The role of disc fading and progenitor bias in kinematic transitions
S. M. Croom, D. S. Taranu, J. van de Sande +16
We use comparisons between the SAMI Galaxy Survey and equilibrium galaxy models to infer the importance of disc fading in the transition of spirals into lenticular (S0) galaxies. T…
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Disk-halo interactions in radio-selected star-forming galaxies
S. K. Leslie, J. J. Bryant, I. -T. Ho +20
In this paper, we compare the radio emission at 1.4 GHz with optical outflow signatures of edge-on galaxies. We report observations of six edge-on star-forming galaxies in the Sydn…
The Radio Spectral Energy Distribution and Star Formation Rate Calibration in Galaxies
F. S. Tabatabaei, E. Schinnerer, M. Krause +17
We study the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the radio continuum emission from the KINGFISH sample of nearby galaxies to understand the energetics and origin of this emission…
Spatially Resolved Spitzer-IRS Spectroscopy of the Central Region of M82
P. Beirão, B. R. Brandl, P. N. Appleton +6
We present high spatial resolution (~ 35 parsec) 5-38 um spectra of the central region of M82, taken with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph. From these spectra we determined the fl…
The Ionized Gas in Nearby Galaxies as Traced by the [NII] 122 and 205 μm Transitions
R. Herrera-Camus, A. Bolatto, J. D. Smith +20
The [NII] 122 and 205 μm transitions are powerful tracers of the ionized gas in the interstellar medium. By combining data from 21 galaxies selected from the Herschel KINGFISH and…
Star Formation Rates in Resolved Galaxies: Calibrations with Near and Far Infrared Data for NGC5055 and NGC6946
Yiming Li, Alison F. Crocker, Daniela Calzetti +21
We use the near--infrared Brγhydrogen recombination line as a reference star formation rate (SFR) indicator to test the validity and establish the calibration of the {\it Herschel…
The PHANGS-MUSE Nebula Catalogue
B. Groves, K. Kreckel, F. Santoro +17
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 t…
Centrally concentrated molecular gas driving galactic-scale ionised gas outflows in star-forming galaxies
L. M. Hogarth, A. Saintonge, L. Cortese +16
We perform a joint-analysis of high spatial resolution molecular gas and star-formation rate (SFR) maps in main-sequence star-forming galaxies experiencing galactic-scale outflows…
A far-IR view of the starburst driven superwind in NGC 2146
K. Kreckel, L. Armus, B. Groves +19
NGC 2146, a nearby luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG), presents evidence for outflows along the disk minor axis in all gas phases (ionized, neutral atomic and molecular). We present a…
Resolved stellar population properties of PHANGS-MUSE galaxies
I. Pessa, E. Schinnerer, P. Sanchez-Blazquez +17
Analyzing resolved stellar populations across the disk of a galaxy can provide unique insights into how that galaxy assembled its stellar mass over its lifetime. Previous work at ~…
Probing star formation and ISM properties using galaxy disk inclination II: Testing typical FUV attenuation corrections out to z0.7
S. K. Leslie, E. Schinnerer, B. Groves +4
We evaluate dust-corrected far ultraviolet (FUV) star formation rates (SFRs) for samples of star-forming galaxies at and and find significant differences betwee…
Calibration of the total infrared luminosity of nearby galaxies from Spitzer and Herschel bands
M. Galametz, R. C. Kennicutt, D. Calzetti +20
We present new empirical calibrations to estimate resolved and integrated total infrared luminosities from Spitzer and Herschel bands used as monochromatic or combined tracers. We…
Varying [CII]/[NII] line ratios in the interacting system BR1202-0725 at z=4.7
R. Decarli, F. Walter, C. Carilli +8
We study the properties of the interstellar medium in the interacting system BR1202-0725 at z=4.7 via its [NII] and [CII] fine-structure line emission. This system consists of a QS…
The CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor and Dust-to-Gas Ratio on Kiloparsec Scales in Nearby Galaxies
K. M. Sandstrom, A. K. Leroy, F. Walter +42
We present kiloparsec (kpc) spatial resolution maps of the CO-to-H2 conversion factor (alpha_co) and dust-to-gas ratio (DGR) in 26 nearby, star-forming galaxies. We have simultaneo…
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Observing the environmental quenching of star formation in GAMA groups
A. L. Schaefer, S. M. Croom, N. Scott +25
We explore the radial distribution of star formation in galaxies in the SAMI Galaxy Survey as a function of their local group environment. Using a sample of galaxies in groups (wit…
Modeling the dust Spectral Energy Distribution of NGC 4214
I. Hermelo, U. Lisenfeld, M. Relano +4
We have carried out a detailed modeling of the dust Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of the nearby, starbursting dwarf galaxy NGC 4214. A key point of our modeling is that we dis…
Thermal Pressure in the Cold Neutral Medium of Nearby Galaxies
R. Herrera-Camus, A. Bolatto, M. Wolfire +14
Dynamic and thermal processes regulate the structure of the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM), and ultimately establish how galaxies evolve through star formation. Thus, to con…
The origin of the infrared emission in radio galaxies II: analysis of mid- to far-infrared Spitzer observations of the 2Jy sample
D. Dicken, C. Tadhunter, D. Axon +5
We present an analysis of deep mid- to far-infrared (MFIR) Spitzer photometric observations of the southern 2Jy sample of powerful radio sources (0.05 < z < 0.7), conducting a stat…
Discovery of 2200 new supernova remnants in 19 nearby star-forming galaxies with MUSE spectroscopy
Jing Li, K. Kreckel, S. Sarbadhicary +18
We present the largest extragalactic survey of supernova remnant (SNR) candidates in nearby star-forming galaxies using exquisite spectroscopic maps from MUSE. Supernova remnants e…
The Physical Conditions in Starbursts Derived from Bayesian Fitting of Mid-IR SEDS: 30 Doradus as a Template
J. R. MartÃnez-Galarza, B. Groves, B. Brandl +3
To understand and interpret the observed Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of starbursts, theoretical or semi-empirical SED models are necessary. Yet, while they are well-founde…
Automated Mining of the ALMA Archive in the COSMOS Field (A3COSMOS): I. Robust ALMA Continuum Photometry Catalogs and Stellar Mass and Star Formation Properties for ~700 Galaxies at z=0.5-6
Daizhong Liu, P. Lang, B. Magnelli +21
The rich information on (sub)millimeter dust continuum emission from distant galaxies in the public Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) archive is contained in thou…
Far-Infrared Line Imaging of the Starburst Ring in NGC 1097 with the Herschel/PACS Spectrometer
P. Beirao, L. Armus, P. N. Appleton +38
NGC 1097 is a nearby SBb galaxy with a Seyfert nucleus and a bright starburst ring. We study the physical properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) in the ring using spatially re…
Heating and cooling of the neutral ISM in the NGC4736 circumnuclear ring
T. P. R. van der Laan, L. Armus, P. Beirao +12
The manner in which gas accretes and orbits within circumnuclear rings has direct implications for the star formation process. In particular, gas may be compressed and shocked at t…
Linking stellar populations to HII regions across nearby galaxies: I. Constraining pre-supernova feedback from young clusters in NGC1672
A. T. Barnes, R. Chandar, K. Kreckel +32
One of the fundamental factors regulating the evolution of galaxies is stellar feedback. However, we still do not have strong observational constraints on the relative importance o…
Enhanced dust heating in the bulges of early-type spiral galaxies
C. W. Engelbracht, L. K. Hunt, R. A. Skibba +38
Stellar density and bar strength should affect the temperatures of the cool (T ~ 20-30 K) dust component in the inner regions of galaxies, which implies that the ratio of temperatu…
Modelling the Pan-Spectral Energy Distribution of Starburst Galaxies: IV The Controlling Parameters of the Starburst SED
B. Groves, M. Dopita, R. Sutherland +5
We combine the the stellar spectral synthesis code Starburst99, the nebular modelling code MAPPINGSIII, and a 1-D dynamical evolution model of HII regions around massive clusters o…
The Survey of Lines in M31 (SLIM): Investigating the Origins of [CII] Emission
M. J. Kapala, K. Sandstrom, B. Groves +7
The [CII] 158 micron line is one of the strongest emission lines observed in star-forming galaxies, and has been empirically measured to correlate with the star formation rate (SFR…
Probing star formation and ISM properties using galaxy disk inclination III: Evolution in dust opacity and clumpiness between redshift 0.0 < z < 0.7 constrained from UV to NIR
S. A. van der Giessen, S. K. Leslie, B. Groves +5
(Abridged) In this paper, we use the Tuffs et al. attenuation - inclination models in ultraviolet (UV), optical, and near-infrared (NIR) bands to investigate the average global dus…
Spatially resolved electron density in the Narrow Line Region of z<0.02 radio AGNs
D. Kakkad, B. Groves, M. Dopita +7
Although studying outflows in the host galaxies of AGN have become the forefront of extra-galactic astronomy in recent years, estimating the energy associated with these outflows h…
KINGFISH -- Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel: Survey Description and Image Atlas
R. C. Kennicutt, D. Calzetti, G. Aniano +40
The KINGFISH project (Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: a Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey of 61 nearby (d < 30 Mpc) galaxies, chosen to cov…
Mapping far-IR emission from the central kiloparsec of NGC 1097
K. Sandstrom, O. Krause, H. Linz +39
Using photometry of NGC 1097 from the Herschel PACS (Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer) instrument, we study the resolved properties of thermal dust continuum emission fr…
A SAMI and MaNGA view on the stellar kinematics of galaxies on the star-forming main sequence
A. Fraser-McKelvie, L. Cortese, J. van de Sande +14
Galaxy internal structure growth has long been accused of inhibiting star formation in disc galaxies. We investigate the potential physical connection between the growth of dispers…
Automated Mining of the ALMA Archive in the COSMOS Field (A3COSMOS): II. Cold Molecular Gas Evolution out to Redshift 6
Daizhong Liu, E. Schinnerer, B. Groves +13
We present new measurements of the cosmic cold molecular gas evolution out to redshift 6 based on systematic mining of the ALMA public archive in the COSMOS deep field (A3COSMOS).…
The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (SG): Precise Stellar Mass Distributions from Automated Dust Correction at 3.6 microns
M. Querejeta, S. E. Meidt, E. Schinnerer +26
The mid-infrared is an optimal window to trace stellar mass in nearby galaxies and the 3.6 IRAC band has been exploited to this effect, but such mass estimates can be biased b…
A Detailed Study of the Radio--FIR Correlation in NGC6946 with Herschel-PACS/SPIRE from KINGFISH
F. S. Tabatabaei, E. Schinnerer, E. J. Murphy +22
We derive the distribution of the synchrotron spectral index across NGC6946 and investigate the correlation between the radio continuum (synchrotron) and far-infrared (FIR) emissio…
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS). Discovery of a global [CII] 158 m line excess in AGN HE1353-1917
I. Smirnova-Pinchukova, B. Husemann, G. Busch +15
The [CII]158m line is one of the strongest far-infrared (FIR) lines and an important coolant in the interstellar medium of galaxies that is accessible out to high redshifts. Th…
The MUSE view of the Sculptor galaxy: survey overview and the planetary nebulae luminosity function
E. Congiu, F. Scheuermann, K. Kreckel +21
NGC 253, the Sculptor galaxy, is the southern, massive, star-forming disk galaxy closest to the Milky Way. In this work, we present a new 103-pointing MUSE mosaic of this galaxy co…
ACOSMOS: The Dust Attenuation of Star-Forming Galaxies at from the COSMOS-ALMA Archive
Yoshinobu Fudamoto, P. A. Oesch, B. Magnelli +7
We present an analysis of the dust attenuation of star forming galaxies at through the relationship between the UV spectral slope (), stellar mass () and…
A 50 pc scale view of star formation efficiency across NGC 628
K. Kreckel, C. Faesi, J. M. D. Kruijssen +16
Star formation is a multi-scale process that requires tracing cloud formation and stellar feedback within the local (<kpc) and global galaxy environment. We present first results f…
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: the drivers of gas and stellar metallicity differences in galaxies
A. Fraser-McKelvie, L. Cortese, B. Groves +13
The combination of gas-phase oxygen abundances and stellar metallicities can provide us with unique insights into the metal enrichment histories of galaxies. In this work, we compa…
Variations in the plane across galactic environments in PHANGS galaxies
I. Pessa, E. Schinnerer, A. Leroy +26
There exists some consensus that stellar mass surface density () and molecular gas mass surface density () are the main quantities responsible for locally set…
The metallicity of void dwarf galaxies
K. Kreckel, K. Croxall, B. Groves +2
The current Lambda CDM cosmological model predicts that galaxy evolution proceeds more slowly in lower density environments, suggesting that voids are a prime location to search fo…
Mapping dust through emission and absorption in nearby galaxies
K. Kreckel, B. Groves, E. Schinnerer +13
Dust has long been identified as a barrier to measuring inherent galaxy properties. However, the link between dust and attenuation is not straightforward and depends on both the am…
A Study of Heating and Cooling of the ISM in NGC 1097 with Herschel-PACS and Spitzer-IRS
P. Beirao, L. Armus, G. Helou +38
NGC 1097 is a nearby Seyfert 1 galaxy with a bright circumnuclear starburst ring, a strong large-scale bar and an active nucleus. We present a detailed study of the spatial variati…
Star formation scaling relations at ~100 pc from PHANGS: Impact of completeness and spatial scale
I. Pessa, E. Schinnerer, F. Belfiore +31
Aims: The complexity of star formation at the physical scale of molecular clouds is not yet fully understood. We investigate the mechanisms regulating the formation of stars in dif…
Mapping metallicity variations across nearby galaxy disks
K. Kreckel, I. -T. Ho, G. A. Blanc +21
The distribution of metals within a galaxy traces the baryon cycle and the buildup of galactic disks, but the detailed gas phase metallicity distribution remains poorly sampled. We…