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astro-ph.GA2014★ 20 cited

A Newly Recognized Very Young Supernova Remnant in M83

William P. Blair, P. Frank Winkler, Knox S. Long +7

As part of a spectroscopic survey of supernova remnant candidates in M83 using the Gemini-South telescope and GMOS, we have discovered one object whose spectrum shows very broad li…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 16 cited

The inhomogeneous ISM toward PKS1830-211 SW - A detailed view on molecular gas at a look-back time of 7.5 Gyr

A. Schulz, C. Henkel, K. M. Menten +4

Based on measurements with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope, a multi-line study of molecular species is presented toward the south-western source of the gravitational lens system PKS…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 125 cited

High resolution observations of HCN and HCO+ J=3-2 in the disk and outflow of Mrk231 -Detection of vibrationally excited HCN in the warped nucleus

S. Aalto, S. Garcia-Burillo, S. Muller +6

We obtained high resolution (0."25 to 0."90) observations of HCN and HCO+ J=3-2 of the ultraluminous QSO galaxy Mrk231 with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer. We find luminou…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 83 cited

The Megamaser Cosmology Project. VI. Observations of NGC 6323

C. Y. Kuo, J. A. Braatz, K. Y. Lo +6

We present observations of the H2O megamasers in the accretion disk of NGC 6323. By combining interferometric and spectral monitoring data, we estimate H km/…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 146 cited

IZI: Inferring the Gas Phase Metallicity (Z) and Ionization Parameter (q) of Ionized Nebulae using Bayesian Statistics

Guillermo A. Blanc, Lisa Kewley, Frédéric P. A. Vogt +1

We present a new method for inferring the metallicity (Z) and ionization parameter (q) of HII regions and star-forming galaxies using strong nebular emission lines (SEL). We use Ba…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 8 cited

Early-type galaxies at intermediate redshift observed with HST WFC3: perspectives on recent star-formation

M. Rutkowski, H. Jeong, S. H. Cohen +7

We present an analysis of the stellar populations of 102 visually-selected early-type galaxies (ETGs) with spectroscopic redshifts (0.3<z<1.5) from observations in the Early Releas…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 34 cited

Strong Far-IR Cooling Lines, Peculiar CO Kinematics and Possible Star Formation Suppression in Hickson Compact Group 57

K. Alatalo, P. N. Appleton, U. Lisenfeld +14

We present [C II] and [O I] observations from Herschel and CO(1-0) maps from the Combined Array for† Research in Millimeter Astronomy (CARMA) of the Hickson Compact Group HCG 57, f…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 83 cited

Starburst-AGN mixing: II. Optically-selected active galaxies

Rebecca L. Davies, Lisa J. Kewley, I-Ting Ho +1

We use 4 galaxies from the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area (CALIFA) survey with clear signs of accretion onto supermassive black holes to investigate the relative contributio…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 36 cited

Dust emission in star-forming dwarf galaxies: General properties and the nature of the sub-mm excess

Y. I. Izotov, N. G. Guseva, K. J. Fricke +2

We studied the global characteristics of dust emission in a large sample of emission-line star-forming galaxies. The sample consists of two subsamples. One subsample (SDSS sample)…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 1 cited

S7 : Probing the physics of Seyfert Galaxies through their ENLR & HII Regions

Michael A. Dopita, Prajval Shastri, Julia Scharwachter +13

Here we present the first results from the Siding Spring Southern Seyfert Spectroscopic Snapshot Survey (S7) which aims to investigate the physics of ~140 radio-detected southern a…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 16 cited

The energy source and dynamics of infrared luminous galaxy ESO 148-IG002

Sarah Leslie, Jeffrey Rich, Lisa Kewley +1

ESO 148-IG002 represents a transformative stage of galaxy evolution, containing two galaxies at close separation which are currently coalescing into a single galaxy. We present int…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 16 cited

The role of major mergers in the size growth of intermediate-mass spheroids

S. Kaviraj, M. Huertas-Company, S. Cohen +11

We study of the role of major mergers (mass ratios >1:4) in driving size growth in high-redshift (1<z<2) spheroidal galaxies (SGs) with stellar masses between 10^9.5 MSun and 10^10…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 157 cited

Molecular line emission in NGC1068 imaged with ALMA: II. The chemistry of the dense molecular gas

S. Viti, S. García-Burillo, A. Fuente +19

We present a detailed analysis of ALMA Bands 7 and 9 data of CO, HCO+, HCN and CS, augmented with Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI) data of the ~ 200 pc circumnuclear disk (CND…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 178 cited

Star formation relations and CO SLEDs across the J-ladder and redshift

T. R. Greve, I. Leonidaki, E. M. Xilouris +19

We present FIR-CO luminosity relations () for the full CO rotational ladder from J=1-0 to J=13-12 for 62 local (z < 0.1) (Ultra) Luminous…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 47 cited

Physical conditions of molecular gas in the Circinus galaxy: Multi-J CO and CI 1-0 observations

Zhi-Yu Zhang, Christian Henkel, Yu Gao +6

We report mapping observations of the CO , , , and transitions and the CI 492 GHz transition toward the central 4040 region of the Circi…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 43 cited

Shapley Supercluster Survey (ShaSS): Galaxy Evolution from Filaments to Cluster Cores

P. Merluzzi, G. Busarello, C. P. Haines +11

We present an overview of a multi-wavelength survey of the Shapley supercluster (SSC; z~0.05) covering a contiguous area of 260 h^-2_70 Mpc^2 including the supercluster core. The p…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 191 cited

The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Shocks and Outflows in a normal star-forming galaxy

I-Ting Ho, Lisa J. Kewley, Michael A. Dopita +15

We demonstrate the feasibility and potential of using large integral field spectroscopic surveys to investigate the prevalence of galactic-scale outflows in the local Universe. Usi…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 34 cited

Galaxy emission line classification using 3D line ratio diagrams

Frédéric P. A. Vogt, Michael A. Dopita, Lisa J. Kewley +5

Two-dimensional (2D) line ratio diagnostic diagrams have become a key tool in understanding the excitation mechanisms of galaxies. The curves used to separate the different regions…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 26 cited

From Gas to Stars in Energetic Environments: Dense Gas Clumps in the 30 Doradus Region Within the Large Magellanic Cloud

Crystal N. Anderson, David S. Meier, Jürgen Ott +9

We present parsec scale interferometric maps of HCN(1-0) and HCO(1-0) emission from dense gas in the star-forming region 30 Doradus, obtained using the Australia Telescope Co…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 7 cited

The Peculiar Radio Source M17 JVLA 35

L. F. Rodriguez, C. Carrasco-Gonzalez, G. Montes +1

M17 JVLA 35 is a radio source detected in projection against the M17 HII region. In recent observations, its spectrum between 4.96 and 8.46 GHz was found to be positive and very st…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 476 cited

Molecular line emission in NGC1068 imaged with ALMA. I An AGN-driven outflow in the dense molecular gas

S. Garcia-Burillo, F. Combes, A. Usero +22

We investigate the fueling and the feedback of star formation and nuclear activity in NGC1068, a nearby (D=14Mpc) Seyfert 2 barred galaxy, by analyzing the distribution and kinemat…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 11 cited

Star-forming regions of the Aquila rift cloud complex. II. Turbulence in molecular cores probed by NH3 emission

S. A. Levshakov, C. Henkel, D. Reimers +1

(Abridged) Aims. We intend to derive statistical properties of stochastic gas motion inside the dense low mass star forming molecular cores traced by NH3(1,1) and (2,2) emission li…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 19 cited

Metal-poor dwarf galaxies in the SIGRID galaxy sample. II. The electron temperature-abundance calibration and the parameters that affect it

David C. Nicholls, Michael A. Dopita, Ralph S. Sutherland +3

In this paper, we use the Mappings photoionization code to explore the physical parameters that impact on the measurement of electron temperature and abundance in HII regions. In t…

astro-ph.GA2014

The IRAM M33 CO(2-1) Survey - A complete census of the molecular gas out to 7 kpc

C. Druard, J. Braine, K. F. Schuster +11

In order to study the ISM and the interplay between the atomic and molecular components in a low-metallicity environment, we present a complete high angular and spectral resolution…