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Gas, dust and star formation in nearby galaxies as seen with the JCMT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2013

José Ramón Sánchez-Gallego  and
Johan H. Knapen
José Ramón Sánchez-Gallego
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain email: jrsg@iac.es
Johan H. Knapen
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain email: jrsg@iac.es
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We presented results using the Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey (NGLS), which is being carried out with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) on Mauna Kea in Hawai'i. We have obtained CO J=3−2 data for 155 nearby galaxies to trace the dense molecular gas in which stars are believed to be born. The sample of this survey covers a wide morphological range and has been selected to include galaxies that have been thoroughly studied in the literature, and for which abundant observational data are available. In parallel, we have observed the same sample of galaxies using the Hα spectral line, which traces massive star formation.

Keywords

galaxies: ISMISM: moleculesstars: formation
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S295: The intriguing life of massive galaxies , August 2012 , pp. 338
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