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most citedRevealing The CO X-factor In Dark Molecular Gas through Sensitive ALMA Absorption Observations

18 citations · 47 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Anomalously high deuterium fractionation in a galactic translucent cloud: a challenge to chemical models

Gan Luo, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Thomas G. Bisbas +8

Deuterated (D-) species have long been proposed to diagnose the physical conditions and chemical evolution of cold dense molecular clouds. While deuterium fractionation has been ex…

astro-ph.GA2026

Star Formation Drives Production of Low Energy Cosmic Rays

Ningyu Tang, Jiahao Liu, Di Li +18

For over a century, the origin of low-energy cosmic rays (LECRs), the dominant heaters and ionizers of dense interstellar gas, remains elusive owing to solar modulation and uncerta…

astro-ph.GA2026

CO-dark molecular gas traced by HCO in the diffuse interstellar medium

Daniel R. Rybarczyk, Michael P. Busch, J. R. Dawson +2

A classic problem in the study of the interstellar medium (ISM) is the near-invisibility of molecular hydrogen (H) in cold environments. Observations of CO emission are typical…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

The evolution of CH in Planck Galactic Cold Clumps

Gan Luo, Arshia M. Jacob, Marco Padovani +6

Methylidyne (CH) has long been considered a reliable tracer of molecular gas in the low-to-intermediate extinction range. Although extended CH 3.3 GHz emission is commonly observed…

astro-ph.GA2025

Dense gas properties and star formation in M 82

Fei Li, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Junzhi Wang +1

High-density molecular gas plays a vital role in supporting star formation within galaxies. However, traditional tracers of dense gas, such as the low- transitions of HCN and HC…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 9 cited

Metallicity dependence of the CO-to-H and the [CI]-to-H conversion factors in galaxies

Thomas G. Bisbas, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Maria-Christina Kyrmanidou +6

Understanding the molecular gas content in the interstellar medium (ISM) is crucial for studying star formation and galaxy evolution. The CO-to-H () and the [CI]-to…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Host Galaxy of FRB 20190520B and Its Unique Ionized Gas Distribution

Xiang-Lei Chen, Chao-Wei Tsai, Daniel Stern +13

The properties of host galaxies associated with Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) provide critical information for inferring the progenitors and radiation mechanisms of these bursts. We rep…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

Inadequate turbulent support in low-metallicity molecular clouds

Lingrui Lin, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Junzhi Wang +16

The dynamic properties of molecular clouds are set by the interplay of their self-gravity, turbulence, external pressure and magnetic fields. Extended surveys of Galactic molecular…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 10 cited

The CO-dark molecular gas in the cold HI arc

Gan Luo, Di Li, Zhi-yu Zhang +6

The CO-dark molecular gas (DMG), which refers to the molecular gas not traced by CO emission, is crucial for the evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM). While the gas propertie…

astro-ph.GA2023

-enhanced Astrochemistry: the Carbon cycle in extreme galactic conditions

Thomas G. Bisbas, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Eda Gjergo +8

Astrochemistry has been widely developed as a power tool to probe physical properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) in various conditions of the Milky Way (MW) Galaxy, and in ne…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 18 cited

Revealing The CO X-factor In Dark Molecular Gas through Sensitive ALMA Absorption Observations

Gan Luo, Di Li, Ningyu Tang +11

Carbon-bearing molecules, particularly CO, have been widely used as tracers of molecular gas in the interstellar medium (ISM). In this work, we aim to study the properties of molec…