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20242026
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5 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

MAUVE-MUSE: Ionization and Kinematic Signatures of Environmental Effects on Virgo Cluster Disks

Toby Brown, Luca Cortese, Barbara Catinella +18

We present early science results from the MAUVE (Multiphase Astrophysics to Unveil the Virgo Environment) program which targets 40 Virgo Cluster galaxies to investigate the effect…

astro-ph.GA2025

VERTICO IX: Signatures of environmental processing of the gas in Virgo cluster spiral galaxies through mapping of CO isotopologues

Timothy A. Davis, Toby Brown, Maria J. Jimenez-Donaire +12

In this work we study CO isotopologue emission in the largest cluster galaxy sample to date: 48 VERTICO spiral galaxies in Virgo. We show for the first time in a significant sample…

astro-ph.GA2025

Does the HCN/CO ratio trace the star-forming fraction of gas? II. Variations in CO and HCN Emissivity

Ashley R. Bemis, Christine D. Wilson, Piyush Sharda +2

We model emissivities of the HCN and CO transitions using measured properties of clouds found in normal star forming galaxies and more extreme systems. These models are com…

astro-ph.GA2024

Unraveling the Mystery of the Low CO-to-H Conversion Factor in Starburst Galaxies: RADEX Modeling of the Antennae

Hao He, Christine D. Wilson, Jiayi Sun +3

CO emission has been widely used as a tracer of molecular gas mass. However, it is a long-standing issue to accurately constrain the CO-to-H conversion factor ($α_{\mathrm{CO}…

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…