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20152026
most citedThe [C II] emission as a molecular gas mass tracer in galaxies at low and high redshift

236 citations · 2.5k across the 90 of their papers we have counts for

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89 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

A steep mass transition for bar-driven ISM structuring revealed by PHANGS-JWST

Eric Emsellem, Jessica Sutter, Ryan Chown +26

Galactic bars play a critical role in the secular evolution of their hosts by reorganising the ISM. We use a sample of 57 star-forming disc galaxies observed with JWST at 3 and 7.7…

astro-ph.GA2026

Suppression of star formation at the centre of barred AGN galaxies

Takashi Yamamoto, Nario Kuno, Daisuke Iono +5

We measured the Concentration (C) index of Hαand CO (J = 2-1) in 17 nearby star-forming galaxies from the PHANGS survey. We have found four barred spiral galaxies with a C(Hα)/C(CO…

astro-ph.GA2025

The molecular diversity of the ISM in galaxies across cosmic time

Mathilde Bouvier, Yiqing Song, Michael Romano +7

Submillimetre molecular lines (e.g., CO, HCN, SiO) provide a uniquely powerful view of the physical and chemical processes that govern star formation (SF) and galaxy evolution. Yet…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Ashes of Creation: JWST Uncovers Silicate Dust in Massive Star Clusters

Daniel Maschmann, Bradley C. Whitmore, David A. Thilker +35

Dust production is a fundamental aspect of the baryonic cycle of star formation. It is known that dust is injected into the interstellar medium during early star formation by super…

astro-ph.GA2025

Azimuthal offsets in spiral arms of nearby galaxies

Miguel Querejeta, Sharon E. Meidt, Yixian Cao +28

Spiral arms play a central role in disc galaxies, but their dynamical nature remains a long-standing open question. Azimuthal offsets between molecular gas and star formation are e…

astro-ph.GA2025

Noema formIng Cluster survEy (NICE): A Census of Star Formation and Cold Gas Properties in Massive protoclusters at 1.5<z<4

Luwenjia Zhou, Tao Wang, Emanuele Daddi +36

Massive protoclusters at z~1.5-4, the peak of the cosmic star formation history, are key to understanding the formation mechanisms of massive galaxies in today's clusters. However,…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

ACOSMOS: The dust content of massive quiescent galaxies and its evolution with cosmic time

Sylvia Adscheid, Benjamin Magnelli, Laure Ciesla +3

We study the dust content of massive () quiescent galaxies (QGs) at redshifts to place constraints on the evolution of their cold interstella…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The SWAN view of dense gas in the Whirlpool -- A cloud-scale comparison of N2H+, HCO+, HNC and HCN emission in M51

Sophia K. Stuber, Eva Schinnerer, Antonio Usero +22

Tracing dense molecular gas, the fuel for star formation, is essential for the understanding of the evolution of molecular clouds and star formation processes. We compare the emiss…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA (SWAN) II: Survey design and observations

K. Sophia Stuber, Jerome Pety, Antonio Usero +18

We present Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA (SWAN), a high-resolution, high-sensitivity survey to map molecular lines in the 3mm band in M51 (the Whirlpool galaxy).…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

Dense gas scaling relations at kiloparsec scales across nearby galaxies with the ALMA ALMOND and IRAM 30m EMPIRE surveys

Lukas Neumann, Maria J. Jimenez-Donaire, Adam K. Leroy +17

Dense, cold gas is the key ingredient for star formation. Over the last two decades, HCN(1-0) emission has been utilised as the most accessible dense gas tracer to study external g…

astro-ph.GA2024

CO isotopologue-derived molecular gas conditions and CO-to-H conversion factors in M51

Jakob den Brok, María J. Jiménez-Donaire, Adam Leroy +24

Over the past decade, several millimeter interferometer programs have mapped the nearby star-forming galaxy M51 at a spatial resolution of pc. This study combines observ…

astro-ph.GA2024

In-Situ Spheroid Formation in Distant Submillimeter-Bright Galaxies

Qing-Hua Tan, Emanuele Daddi, Benjamin Magnelli +14

The majority of stars in today's Universe reside within spheroids, which are bulges of spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies. Their formation is still an unsolved problem. Infrar…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Quantitative analysis of the molecular gas morphology in nearby disk galaxies

Takashi Yamamoto, Daisuke Iono, Toshiki Saito +4

We present a quantitative and statistical analysis of the molecular gas morphology in 73 nearby galaxies using high spatial resolution CO ( = 2-1) data obtained from the Atacama…

astro-ph.GA2024

The properties and kinematics of HCN emission across the closest starburst galaxy NGC 253 observed with ALMA

Ivana Beslic, Ashley T. Barnes, Frank Bigiel +21

Studying molecular gas in nearby galaxies using hydrogen cyanide (HCN) as a tracer for higher densities than CO emission still poses a significant challenge. Even though several ga…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 11 cited

Cosmic evolution of radio-excess AGNs in quiescent and star-forming galaxies across

Yijun Wang, Tao Wang, Daizhong Liu +9

Recent deep and wide radio surveys extend the studies for radio-excess active galactic nuclei (radio-AGNs) to lower luminosities and higher redshifts, providing new insights into t…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

PHANGS-JWST: Data Processing Pipeline and First Full Public Data Release

Thomas G. Williams, Janice C. Lee, Kirsten L. Larson +55

The exquisite angular resolution and sensitivity of JWST is opening a new window for our understanding of the Universe. In nearby galaxies, JWST observations are revolutionizing ou…

astro-ph.GA2024

Hidden Gems on a Ring: Infant Massive Clusters and Their Formation Timeline Unveiled by ALMA, HST, and JWST in NGC 3351

Jiayi Sun, Hao He, Kyle Batschkun +38

We study young massive clusters (YMCs) in their embedded "infant" phase with ALMA, HST, and JWST observations targeting the central starburst ring in NGC…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA (SWAN)- I. Mapping the HCN and NH 3mm lines

Sophia K. Stuber, Jerome Pety, Eva Schinnerer +17

We present the first results from "Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA" (SWAN), an IRAM Northern Extended Millimetre Array (NOEMA)+30m large program that maps emission…

astro-ph.HE2023

X-ray detection of the most extreme star-forming galaxies at the cosmic noon via strong lensing

Q. Daniel Wang, Carlos Garcia Diaz, Patrick S. Kamieneski +11

Hyper-luminous infrared galaxies (HyLIRGs) are the most extreme star-forming systems observed in the early Universe, and their properties still elude comprehensive understanding. W…

astro-ph.GA2023

Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Galaxies Revealed with a New CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor Prescription

Yu-Hsuan Teng, I-Da Chiang, Karin M. Sandstrom +24

Determining how galactic environment, especially the high gas densities and complex dynamics in bar-fed galaxy centers, alters the star formation efficiency (SFE) of molecular gas…

astro-ph.GA2023

ACOSMOS: Dissecting the gas content of star-forming galaxies across the main sequence at 1.2 < 1.6

Tsan-Ming Wang, Benjamin Magnelli, Eva Schinnerer +5

We aim to understand the physical mechanisms that drive star formation in a sample of mass-complete (>10) star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at 1.2 < 1.6. We se…

astro-ph.GA2023

High dust content of a quiescent galaxy at z~2 revealed by deep ALMA observation

Minju M. Lee, Charles C. Steidel, Gabriel Brammer +9

We report the detection of cold dust in an apparently quiescent massive galaxy () at (G4). The source is identified as a serendipitou…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

A sensitive, high-resolution, wide-field IRAM NOEMA CO(1-0) survey of the very nearby spiral galaxy IC 342

M. Querejeta, J. Pety, A. Schruba +31

We present a new wide-field 10.75 x 10.75 arcmin^2 (~11x11 kpc^2), high-resolution (theta = 3.6" ~ 60 pc) NOEMA CO(1-0) survey of the very nearby (d=3.45 Mpc) spiral galaxy IC 342.…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 17 cited

Noema formIng Cluster survEy (NICE): Discovery of a starbursting galaxy group with a radio-luminous core at z=3.95

Luwenjia Zhou, Tao Wang, Emanuele Daddi +34

The study of distant galaxy groups and clusters at the peak epoch of star formation is limited by the lack of a statistically and homogeneously selected and spectroscopically confi…