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astro-ph.GA2014

Enabling the next generation of cm-wavelength studies of high-redshift molecular gas with the SKA

J. Wagg, E. Da Cunha, C. L. Carilli +8

The Square Kilometre Array will be a revolutionary instrument for the study of gas in the distant Universe. SKA1 will have sufficient sensitivity to detect and image atomic 21 cm H…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 1 cited

Instability of counter-rotating stellar disks

Robert G. Hohlfeld, Richard V. E. Lovelace

We use an N-body simulation, constructed using GADGET-2, to investigate an accretion flow onto an astrophysical disk that is in the opposite sense to the disk's rotation. In order…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 89 cited

The ALFALFA "Almost Darks" Campaign: Pilot VLA HI Observations of Five High Mass-to-Light Ratio Systems

John M. Cannon, Charlotte P. Martinkus, Lukas Leisman +13

We present VLA HI spectral line imaging of 5 sources discovered by ALFALFA. These targets are drawn from a larger sample of systems that were not uniquely identified with optical c…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 10 cited

Origin of the Galaxy Mass-Metallicity-Star-Formation Relation

Martin Harwit, Drew Brisbin

We describe an equilibrium model that links the metallicity of low-redshift galaxies to stellar evolution models. It enables the testing of different stellar initial mass functions…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 156 cited

The kiloparsec-scale star formation law at redshift 4: wide-spread, highly efficient star formation in the dust-obscured starburst galaxy GN20

J. A. Hodge, D. Riechers, R. Decarli +4

We present high-resolution observations of the 880 m (rest-frame FIR) continuum emission in the z4.05 submillimeter galaxy GN20 from the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer (…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 9 cited

COLDz: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array discovery of a gas-rich galaxy in COSMOS

L. Lentati, J. Wagg, C. L. Carilli +15

The broad spectral bandwidth at mm and cm-wavelengths provided by the recent upgrades to the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) has made it possible to conduct unbiased searches…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 6 cited

Three-dimensional Tomography of the Galactic and Extragalactic Magnetoionic Medium with the SKA

J. L. Han, W. van Straten, T. J. W. Lazio +9

The magneto-ionic structures of the interstellar medium of the Milky Way and the intergalactic medium are still poorly understood, especially at distances larger than a few kilopar…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 77 cited

An Infrared Census of DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS), II. Discovery of Metal-poor Dusty AGB Stars

Martha L. Boyer, K. B. W. McQuinn, P. Barmby +14

The DUSTiNGS survey (DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer) is a 3.6 and 4.5 micron imaging survey of 50 nearby dwarf galaxies designed to identify dust-producing Asymptotic Giant B…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 23 cited

AGC198606: A gas-bearing dark matter minihalo?

E. A. K. Adams, Y. Faerman, W. F. Janesh +9

We present neutral hydrogen (HI) imaging observations with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope of AGC198606, an HI cloud discovered in the ALFALFA 21cm survey. This object is…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 77 cited

Strong C+ emission in galaxies at z~1-2: Evidence for cold flow accretion powered star formation in the early Universe

Drew Brisbin, Carl Ferkinhoff, Thomas Nikola +5

We have recently detected the [CII] 157.7 micron line in eight star forming galaxies at redshifts 1 to 2 using the redshift(z) Early Universe Spectrometer (ZEUS). Our sample target…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 74 cited

An Infrared Census of DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS), I. Overview

Martha L. Boyer, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, Pauline Barmby +13

Nearby resolved dwarf galaxies provide excellent opportunities for studying the dust-producing late stages of stellar evolution over a wide range of metallicity (-2.7 < [Fe/H] < -1…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 12 cited

Star formation in Chamaeleon I and III: a molecular line study of the starless core population

A. E. Tsitali, A. Belloche, R. T. Garrod +2

The Chamaeleon clouds are excellent targets for low-mass star formation studies. Cha I and II are actively forming stars while Cha III shows no sign of ongoing star formation. We a…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 90 cited

The Cluster Velocity Dispersion of the Abell 2199 cD Halo of NGC 6166

Ralf Bender, John Kormendy, Mark E. Cornell +1

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope is used to measure the velocity dispersion profile of the nearest prototypical cD galaxy, NGC 6166 in cluster Abell 2199. We also present surface photome…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 108 cited

Searching for gravitational wave memory bursts with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array

J. B. Wang, G. Hobbs, W. Coles +17

Anisotropic bursts of gravitational radiation produced by events such as super-massive black hole mergers leave permanent imprints on space. Such gravitational wave "memory" (GWM)…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 253 cited

Detection of a branched alkyl molecule in the interstellar medium: iso-propyl cyanide

Arnaud Belloche, Robin T. Garrod, Holger S. P. Müller +1

The largest non-cyclic molecules detected in the interstellar medium (ISM) are organic with a straight-chain carbon backbone. We report an interstellar detection of a branched alky…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 15 cited

SALT spectroscopic observations of galaxy clusters detected by ACT and a Type II quasar hosted by a brightest cluster galaxy

Brian Kirk, Matt Hilton, Catherine Cress +20

We present Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) follow-up observations of seven massive clusters detected by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) on the celestial equator using…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 74 cited

High-J CO SLEDs in nearby infrared bright galaxies observed by Herschel-PACS

N. Mashian, E. Sturm, A. Sternberg +16

We report the detection of far-infrared (FIR) CO rotational emission from nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN) and starburst galaxies, as well as several merging systems and Ultra-L…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 81 cited

A Far-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey of Intermediate Redshift (Ultra) Luminous Infrared Galaxies

Georgios E. Magdis, D. Rigopoulou, R. Hopwood +16

We present Herschel far-IR photometry and spectroscopy as well as ground based CO observations of an intermediate redshift (0.21 < z < 0.88) sample of Herschel-selected (ultra)-lum…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 138 cited

An all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array data set

X. -J. Zhu, G. Hobbs, L. Wen +16

We present results of an all-sky search in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) Data Release 1 data set for continuous gravitational waves (GWs) in the frequency range from $5\tim…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 108 cited

ALLSMOG: an APEX Low-redshift Legacy Survey for MOlecular Gas. I - molecular gas scaling relations, and the effect of the CO/H2 conversion factor

M. S. Bothwell, J. Wagg, C. Cicone +11

We present ALLSMOG, the APEX Low-redshift Legacy Survey for MOlecular Gas. ALLSMOG is a survey designed to observe the CO(2-1) emission line with the APEX telescope, in a sample of…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 284 cited

CO excitation of normal star forming galaxies out to z=1.5 as regulated by the properties of their interstellar medium

E. Daddi, H. Dannerbauer, D. Liu +15

We investigate the CO excitation of normal star forming disk galaxies at z=1.5 using IRAM PdBI observations of the CO[2-1], CO[3-2] and CO[5-4] transitions for 4 galaxies, includin…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 49 cited

The HI Mass Function and Velocity Width Function of Void Galaxies in the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey

Crystal M. Moorman, Michael S. Vogeley, Fiona Hoyle +3

We measure the HI mass function (HIMF) and velocity width function (WF) across environments over a range of masses , and profile widths $1.3\log(km…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 34 cited

Counter-Rotating Accretion Discs

Sergei Dyda, Richard V. E. Lovelace, Galina V. Ustyugova +2

Counter-rotating discs can arise from the accretion of a counter-rotating gas cloud onto the surface of an existing co-rotating disc or from the counter-rotating gas moving radiall…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 12 cited

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability of Counter-Rotating Discs

Dan Quach, Sergei Dyda, Richard V. E. Lovelace

Observations of galaxies and models of accreting systems point to the occurrence of counter-rotating discs where the inner part of the disc () is co-rotating and the outer p…