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20162026
most citedThe PHANGS-MUSE survey -- Probing the chemo-dynamical evolution of disc galaxies

263 citations · 1.8k across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Stellar associations powering HII regions $\unicode{x2013}$ II. Escape fraction of ionizing photons

Fabian Scheuermann, Kathryn Kreckel, Jia Wei Teh +27

Newly formed stars have a profound impact on their environment by depositing energy and momentum into the surrounding gas. However, only a fraction of the stellar feedback is retai…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 30 cited

Ionised gas outflows over the radio AGN life cycle

Pranav Kukreti, Raffaella Morganti, Clive Tadhunter +1

Feedback from AGN is known to affect the host galaxy's evolution. In radio AGN, one manifestation of feedback is seen in gas outflows. However, it is still not well understood whet…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 8 cited

The impact of HII regions on Giant Molecular Cloud properties in nearby galaxies sampled by PHANGS ALMA and MUSE

Antoine Zakardjian, Jérôme Pety, Cinthya N. Herrera +36

We identify giant molecular clouds (GMCs) associated with HII regions for a sample of 19 nearby galaxies using catalogs of GMCs and H regions released by the PHANGS-ALMA and PHANGS…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 25 cited

Stellar associations powering HII regions $\unicode{x2013}$ I. Defining an evolutionary sequence

Fabian Scheuermann, Kathryn Kreckel, Ashley T. Barnes +30

Connecting the gas in HII regions to the underlying source of the ionizing radiation can help us constrain the physical processes of stellar feedback and how HII regions evolve ove…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 34 cited

PHANGS-MUSE: Detection and Bayesian classification of ~40000 ionised nebulae in nearby spiral galaxies

Enrico Congiu, Guillermo A. Blanc, Francesco Belfiore +15

In this work, we present a new catalogue of >40000 ionised nebulae distributed across the 19 galaxies observed by the PHANGS-MUSE survey. The nebulae have been classified using a n…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 92 cited

The PHANGS-MUSE Nebula Catalogue

B. Groves, K. Kreckel, F. Santoro +17

Ionized nebulae provide critical insights into the conditions of the interstellar medium (ISM). Their bright emission lines enable the measurement of physical properties, such as t…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

CI and CO in Nearby Spiral Galaxies -- I. Line Ratio and Abundance Variations at ~ 200 pc Scales

Daizhong Liu, Eva Schinnerer, Toshiki Saito +25

We present new neutral atomic carbon [CI](3P1-3P0) mapping observations within the inner ~7 kpc and ~4 kpc of the disks of NGC3627 and NGC4321 at a spatial resolution of 190 pc and…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 131 cited

The PHANGS-JWST Treasury Survey: Star Formation, Feedback, and Dust Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS

Janice C. Lee, Karin M. Sandstrom, Adam K. Leroy +74

The PHANGS collaboration has been building a reference dataset for the multi-scale, multi-phase study of star formation and the interstellar medium in nearby galaxies. With the suc…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 33 cited

Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function distances for 19 galaxies observed by PHANGS-MUSE

Fabian Scheuermann, Kathryn Kreckel, Gagandeep S. Anand +15

We provide new planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF) distances to 19 nearby spiral galaxies that were observed with VLT/MUSE by the PHANGS collaboration. Emission line ratios…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 35 cited

The Gas-Star Formation Cycle in Nearby Star-forming Galaxies II. Resolved Distributions of CO and H Emission for 49 PHANGS Galaxies

Hsi-An Pan, Eva Schinnerer, Annie Hughes +36

The relative distribution of molecular gas and star formation in galaxies gives insight into the physical processes and timescales of the cycle between gas and stars. In this work,…

astro-ph.GA2021

PHANGS-MUSE: the HII region luminosity function of local star-forming galaxies

Francesco Santoro, Kathryn Kreckel, Francesco Belfiore +30

We use an unprecedented sample of about 23,000 HII regions detected at an average physical resolution of 67pc in the PHANGS-MUSE sample to study the extragalactic HII region Ha lum…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 128 cited

A tale of two DIGs: The relative role of HII regions and low-mass hot evolved stars in powering the diffuse ionised gas (DIG) in PHANGS-MUSE galaxies

Francesco Belfiore, Francesco Santoro, Brent Groves +17

We use integral field spectroscopy from the PHANGS-MUSE survey, which resolves the ionised interstellar medium at pc resolution in 19 nearby spiral galaxies, to study th…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 55 cited

Comparing the pre-SNe feedback and environmental pressures for 6000 HII regions across 19 nearby spiral galaxies

A. T. Barnes, S. C. O. Glover, K. Kreckel +28

The feedback from young stars (i.e. pre-supernova) is thought to play a crucial role in molecular cloud destruction. In this paper, we assess the feedback mechanisms acting within…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 50 cited

The Two-Dimensional Metallicity Distribution and Mixing Scales of Nearby Galaxies

Thomas G. Williams, Kathryn Kreckel, Francesco Belfiore +25

Understanding the spatial distribution of metals within galaxies allows us to study the processes of chemical enrichment and mixing in the interstellar medium (ISM). In this work,…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 263 cited

The PHANGS-MUSE survey -- Probing the chemo-dynamical evolution of disc galaxies

Eric Emsellem, Eva Schinnerer, Francesco Santoro +45

We present the PHANGS-MUSE survey, a programme using the MUSE IFS at the ESO VLT to map 19 massive nearby (D < 20 Mpc) star-forming disc galaxi…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 37 cited

Dense molecular gas properties on 100 pc scales across the disc of NGC 3627

I. Bešlić, A. T. Barnes, F. Bigiel +29

It is still poorly constrained how the densest phase of the interstellar medium varies across galactic environment. A large observing time is required to recover significant emissi…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 13 cited

PHANGS-ALMA: Arcsecond CO(2-1) Imaging of Nearby Star-Forming Galaxies

Adam K. Leroy, Eva Schinnerer, Annie Hughes +69

We present PHANGS-ALMA, the first survey to map CO J=2-1 line emission at ~1" ~ 100pc spatial resolution from a representative sample of 90 nearby (d<~20 Mpc) galaxies that lie on…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 188 cited

PHANGS-ALMA Data Processing and Pipeline

Adam K. Leroy, Annie Hughes, Daizhong Liu +65

We describe the processing of the PHANGS-ALMA survey and present the PHANGS-ALMA pipeline, a public software package that processes calibrated interferometric and total power data…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 93 cited

Star formation scaling relations at ~100 pc from PHANGS: Impact of completeness and spatial scale

I. Pessa, E. Schinnerer, F. Belfiore +31

Aims: The complexity of star formation at the physical scale of molecular clouds is not yet fully understood. We investigate the mechanisms regulating the formation of stars in dif…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 37 cited

Applying the Tremaine-Weinberg Method to Nearby Galaxies: Stellar Mass-Based Pattern Speeds, and Comparisons with ISM Kinematics

Thomas G. Williams, Eva Schinnerer, Eric Emsellem +22

We apply the Tremaine-Weinberg method to 19 nearby galaxies using stellar mass surface densities and velocities derived from the PHANGS-MUSE survey, to calculate (primarily bar) pa…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 133 cited

The PHANGS-HST Survey: Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS with the Hubble Space Telescope

Janice C. Lee, Bradley C. Whitmore, David A. Thilker +51

The PHANGS program is building the first dataset to enable the multi-phase, multi-scale study of star formation across the nearby spiral galaxy population. This effort is enabled b…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 74 cited

AGN-driven outflows and the AGN feedback efficiency in young radio galaxies

F. Santoro, C. Tadhunter, D. Baron +2

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback operated by the expansion of radio jets can play a crucial role in driving gaseous outflows on galaxy scales. Galaxies hosting young radio AGN…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 72 cited

Measuring the mixing scale of the ISM within nearby spiral galaxies

Kathryn Kreckel, I-Ting Ho, Guillermo A. Blanc +28

The spatial distribution of metals reflects, and can be used to constrain, the processes of chemical enrichment and mixing. Using PHANGS-MUSE optical integral field spectroscopy, w…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 16 cited

The Blue Supergiant Progenitor of the Supernova Imposter AT~2019krl

Jennifer E. Andrews, Jacob E. Jencson, Schuyler D. Van Dyk +20

Extensive archival \textit{Hubble Space Telescope}, \textit{Spitzer Space Telescope}, and Large Binocular Telescope imaging of the recent intermediate-luminosity transient, AT~2019…