The SAMI Galaxy Survey: a new method to estimate molecular gas surface densities from star formation rates
Stars form in cold molecular clouds. However, molecular gas is difficult to observe because the most abundant molecule (H-2) lacks a permanent dipole moment. Rotational transitions of CO are often used as a tracer of H-2, but CO is much less abundant and the conversion from CO intensity to H-2 mass...
Published in: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Online Access: | https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:44d4653/UQ44d4653_OA.pdf https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:44d4653 |