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Molecular ISM and Star Formation Efficiency in the Central Kpc

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Shardha Jogee
Shardha Jogee*
Affiliation:
Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, MS 105-24, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125

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Why do the circumnuclear (inner 1-2 kpc) regions of some spirals develop starbursts, which are intense short-lived (t ≪ 1 Gyr) episodes of star formation characterized by a high star formation rate per unit mass of molecular gas (SFR/MH2), which I refer to as the star formation efficiency (SFE), while others with comparable gas content become non-starbursts? I address this question and other issues on circumnuclear evolution using high resolution (2” or 100-200 pc) CO (J=1>0) observations from the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, optical and NIR images, along with radio continuum (RC) and Brγ data. The sample galaxies are all nearby, moderately inclined, and include the brightest nearby starbursts comparable to M82 and control non-starbursts. Detailed results are in Jogee (1999) and Jogee, Kenney, & Scoville 2000 (in prep.)

Type
The Inner Regions of Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 205: Galaxies and their Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolutions , 2001 , pp. 228 - 231
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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