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most citedThe Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Galaxies: Measuring Where Gas Forms Stars Effectively

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astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Uncovering Extraplanar Gas in UGCA 250 with the Ultra-deep MHONGOOSE Survey

Sushma Kurapati, D. J. Pisano, W. J. G. de Blok +28

We use the neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) observations of the edge-on galaxy UGCA 250, taken as part of the MeerKAT HI Observations of Nearby Galactic Objects - Observing Southern Em…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 9 cited

Searching for HI around MHONGOOSE Galaxies via Spectral Stacking

S. Veronese, W. J. G. de Blok, J. Healy +19

The observed star formation rates of galaxies in the Local Universe suggests that they are replenishing their gas reservoir across cosmic time. Cosmological simulations predict tha…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 9 cited

Extended neutral hydrogen filamentary network in NGC 2403

S. Veronese, W. J. G. de Blok, F. Walter

We present new neutral hydrogen (HI) observations of the nearby galaxy NGC 2403 to determine the nature of a low-column density cloud that was detected earlier by the Green Bank Te…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 18 cited

MeerKAT HI commissioning observations of MHONGOOSE galaxy ESO 302-G014

W. J. G. de Blok, E. Athanassoula, A. Bosma +43

We present the results of three commissioning HI observations obtained with the MeerKAT radio telescope. These observations make up part of the preparation for the forthcoming MHON…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 387 cited

Little Things

Deidre A. Hunter, Dana Ficut-Vicas, Trisha Ashley +14

We present LITTLE THINGS (Local Irregulars That Trace Luminosity Extremes, The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey) that is aimed at determining what drives star formation in dwarf galaxies. T…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 336 cited

What is Driving the HI Velocity Dispersion?

D. Tamburro, H. -W. Rix, A. K. Leroy +5

We explore what dominant physical mechanism sets the kinetic energy contained in neutral, atomic (HI) gas. We compare the HI line widths predicted from turbulence driven by superno…

astro-ph2008★ 1.9k cited

The Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Galaxies: Measuring Where Gas Forms Stars Effectively

Adam K. Leroy, Fabian Walter, Elias Brinks +4

We measure the star formation efficiency (SFE), the star formation rate per unit gas, in 23 nearby galaxies and compare it to expectations from proposed star formation laws and thr…

astro-ph2008★ 1.8k cited

The Star Formation Law in Nearby Galaxies on Sub-Kpc Scales

Frank Bigiel, Adam Leroy, Fabian Walter +4

(Abridged) We present a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between star formation rate surface density (SFR SD) and gas surface density (gas SD) at sub-kpc resolution in a…

astro-ph2004★ 2 cited

First Results from THINGS: The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey

W. J. G. de Blok, F. Walter, E. Brinks +2

We describe The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS), the largest program ever undertaken at the VLA to perform 21-cm HI observations of the highest quality (~7'', <= 5 km/s resolution…

astro-ph1998★ 50 cited

X-ray Emission from an Expanding Supergiant Shell in IC 2574

Fabian Walter, Jürgen Kerp, Neb Duric +2

We present a multi--wavelength study of a supergiant shell within the violent interstellar medium of the nearby dwarf galaxy IC 2574, a member of the M81 group of galaxies. Neutral…