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Molecular gas and dust in spiral galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2013

Christine D. Wilson
Christine D. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1Canada email: wilson@physics.mcmaster.ca
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Several recent surveys (HERACLES, NGLS, KINGFISH, VNGS) have provided us with sensitive high-resolution observations of the molecular gas and dust content in spiral galaxies within 25 Mpc. I review recent results on the molecular gas content and its relation to star formation, as well as on the gas to dust ratio and the dust heating in spiral galaxies. I also present new results on the effect of environment on the molecular gas content of spiral galaxies.

Keywords

galaxies: ISM — galaxies: spiral
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S292: Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies , August 2012 , pp. 119 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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