Star formation efficiencies and XCO in intermediate mass galaxies
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Abstract from the telescope proposal:
"We request 250 hours to measure CO in 100 galaxies with stellar masses 9.0
"We request 250 hours to measure CO in 100 galaxies with stellar masses 9.0
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Amelie Saintonge (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Borthakur S
(2015)
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM OF GALAXIES: RESULTS FROM THE COS-GASS SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Genzel R
(2015)
COMBINED CO AND DUST SCALING RELATIONS OF DEPLETION TIME AND MOLECULAR GAS FRACTIONS WITH COSMIC TIME, SPECIFIC STAR-FORMATION RATE, AND STELLAR MASS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Jimmy
(2015)
THE GAS PHASE MASS METALLICITY RELATION FOR DWARF GALAXIES: DEPENDENCE ON STAR FORMATION RATE AND HI GAS MASS
in The Astrophysical Journal
| Description | We have learned how much molecular gas is present in low mass galaxies in the nearby universe. |
| Exploitation Route | Additional science papers currently being written based on this dataset. |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | Discovery grant |
| Amount | $320,000 (AUD) |
| Organisation | Australian Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Australia |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Royal Society research grant |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 10/2016 |
| Title | Integrated radiative transfer code |
| Description | As a consequence of the data obtained during these STFC-funded observing runs, UCL PhD student Gio Accurso developed an integrated radiative transfer code to fully model the interstellar medium of galaxies. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Analysis of Herschel telescope data. |