Robust Cross-correlation-based Measurement of Clump Sizes in Galaxies

Kamran Ali, Danail Obreschkow, David B. Fisher +4

Stars form in molecular complexes that are visible as giant clouds ($\sim 10^{5-6}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$) in nearby galaxies and as giant clumps ($\sim 10^{8-9}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$) in ga…