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astro-ph.GA2014★ 12 cited

The relationship between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission and far-infrared dust emission from NGC 2403 and M83

A. G. Jones, G. J. Bendo, M. Baes +13

We examine the relation between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission at 8 microns and far-infrared emission from hot dust grains at 24 microns and from large dust grains…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 77 cited

The reversal of the SF-density relation in a massive, X-ray selected galaxy cluster at z=1.58: results from Herschel

Joana S. Santos, . Bruno Altieri, Ivan Valtchanov +8

Dusty, star-forming galaxies have a critical role in the formation and evolution of massive galaxies in the Universe. Using deep far-infrared imaging in the range 100-500um obtaine…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 7 cited

OH and H2O maser variations in W33B

P. Colom, E. E. Lekht, M. I. Pashchenko +1

The active star-forming region W33B is a source of OH and H2O maser emission located in distinct zones around the central object. The aim was to obtain the complete Stokes pattern…

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★ 272 cited

Herschel Survey of Galactic OH+, H2O+, and H3O+: Probing the Molecular Hydrogen Fraction and Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate

Nick Indriolo, D. A. Neufeld, M. Gerin +19

In diffuse interstellar clouds the chemistry that leads to the formation of the oxygen bearing ions OH+, H2O+, and H3O+ begins with the ionization of atomic hydrogen by cosmic rays…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 124 cited

A Detailed Study of Feedback from a Massive Star

Sam Geen, Joakim Rosdahl, Jeremy Blaizot +2

We present numerical simulations of a 15 solar mass star in a suite of idealised environments in order to quantify the amount of energy transmitted to the interstellar medium (ISM)…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 56 cited

Subarcsecond international LOFAR radio images of the M82 nucleus at 118 MHz and 154 MHz

E. Varenius, J. E. Conway, I. Martí-Vidal +25

The nuclear starburst in the nearby galaxy M82 provides an excellent laboratory for understanding the physics of star formation. This galaxy has been extensively observed in the pa…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 27 cited

The Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey. XVIII. Star-forming dwarf galaxies in a cluster environment

M. Grossi, L. K. Hunt, S. C. Madden +22

To assess the effects of the cluster environment on the different components of the interstellar medium, we analyse the FIR-submm properties of a sample of star-forming dwarf (SFD)…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 56 cited

Exceptional AGN-driven turbulence inhibits star formation in the 3C 326N radio-galaxy

P. Guillard, F. Boulanger, M. D. Lehnert +4

We detect bright [CII]158m line emission from the radio galaxy 3C 326N at z=0.09, which shows weak star formation (M~yr) despite having strong H l…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 190 cited

Reconstructing the star formation history of the Milky Way disc(s) from chemical abundances

O. Snaith, M. Haywood, P. Di Matteo +4

We develop a chemical evolution model in order to study the star formation history of the Milky Way. Our model assumes that the Milky Way is formed from a closed box-like system in…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 127 cited

Mutual influence of supernovae and molecular clouds

Olivier Iffrig, Patrick Hennebelle

Context. Molecular clouds are known to be turbulent and strongly affected by stellar feedback. Moreover, stellar feedback is believed to drive turbulence at large scales in galaxie…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 75 cited

Why the Milky Way's bulge is not only a bar formed from a cold thin disk

P. Di Matteo, A. Gomez, M. Haywood +6

By analyzing a N-body simulation of a bulge formed simply via a bar instability mechanism operating on a kinematically cold stellar disk, and by comparing the results of this analy…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 29 cited

The inefficiency of satellite accretion in forming extended star clusters

Paolo Bianchini, Florent Renaud, Mark Gieles +1

The distinction between globular clusters and dwarf galaxies has been progressively blurred by the recent discoveries of several extended star clusters, with size (20-30 pc) and lu…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 7 cited

The ages, metallicities and element abundance ratios of massive quenched galaxies at z~1.6

M. Onodera, C. M. Carollo, A. Renzini +8

We investigate the stellar population properties of a sample of 24 massive quenched galaxies at identified in the COSMOS field with our Subaru/MOIRCS ne…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 26 cited

Discovery of Carbon Radio Recombination Lines in M82

Leah K. Morabito, J. B. R. Oonk, Francisco Salgado +30

Carbon radio recombination lines (RRLs) at low frequencies (<=500 MHz) trace the cold, diffuse phase of the interstellar medium, which is otherwise difficult to observe. We present…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 189 cited

The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR-M* plane up to z 2

B. Magnelli, R. J. Ivison, D. Lutz +21

[Abridged] We study the evolution of the radio spectral index and far-infrared/radio correlation (FRC) across the star-formation rate-stellar masse (i.e. SFR-M*) plane up to z 2. W…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 147 cited

The interplay between a galactic bar and a supermassive black hole: nuclear fueling in a sub-parsec resolution galaxy simulation

Eric Emsellem, Florent Renaud, Frédéric Bournaud +3

We study the connection between the large-scale dynamics and the gas fueling toward a central black hole via the analysis of a Milky Way-like simulation at sub-parsec resolution. T…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 41 cited

Insights into gas heating and cooling in the disc of NGC 891 from Herschel far-infrared spectroscopy

T. M. Hughes, K. Foyle, M. R. P. Schirm +15

We present Herschel PACS and SPIRE spectroscopy of the most important far-infrared cooling lines in the nearby edge-on spiral galaxy, NGC 891: [CII] 158 m, [NII] 122, 205 m,…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 163 cited

A parsec-resolution simulation of the Antennae galaxies: Formation of star clusters during the merger

Florent Renaud, Frédéric Bournaud, Pierre-Alain Duc

We present a hydrodynamical simulation of an Antennae-like galaxy merger at parsec resolution, including a multi-component model for stellar feedback and reaching numerical converg…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 101 cited

[CII] absorption and emission in the diffuse interstellar medium across the Galactic Plane

M. Gerin, M. Ruaud, J. R. Goicoechea +10

Ionized carbon is the main gas-phase reservoir of carbon in the neutral diffuse interstellar medium and its 158 micron fine structure transition [CII] is the most important cooling…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 43 cited

13C-methyl formate: observations of a sample of high mass star-forming regions including Orion-KL and spectroscopic characterization

Cecile Favre, Miguel Carvajal, David Field +12

We have surveyed a sample of massive star-forming regions located over a range of distances from the Galactic centre for methyl formate, HCOOCH, and its isotopologues H$^{13}…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 16 cited

Quantifying the Heating Sources for Mid-infrared Dust Emissions in Galaxies: The Case of M 81

Nanyao Lu, G. J. Bendo, A. Boselli +12

With the newly available SPIRE images at 250 and 500 micron from Herschel Space Observatory, we study quantitative correlations over a sub-kpc scale among three distinct emission c…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 32 cited

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XV. The photometric redshift estimation for background sources

A. Raichoor, S. Mei, T. Erben +28

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey is an optical imaging survey covering 104 deg^2 centered on the Virgo cluster. Currently, the complete survey area has been observed in the…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 1 cited

Applying galactic archeology to massive galaxies using deep imaging surveys

Pierre-Alain Duc

Various programs aimed at exploring the still largely unknown low surface brightness Universe with deep imaging optical surveys have recently started. They open a new window for st…