Astrophysical: Molecular gas

  • Publication
    A Comparative Study of the Ground State Transitions of CO and C I as Molecular Gas Tracers at High Redshift
    The CO(1–0) and [C I](1–0) emission lines are well-established tracers of cold molecular gas mass in local galaxies. At high redshift, where the interstellar...
  • Talk
    A multiwavelength look into the common evolution of luminous quasars and their host-galaxies
    This talk will be dedicated to luminous (LBol~1E47 erg/s), high-redshift quasars, which are ideal targets to investigate (i) feedback from SMBHs, and (ii) the...
  • News
    An amino acid essential for life is found in interstellar space
    The IAC researcher Susana Iglesias-Groth has discovered the existence of tryptophan, an amino acid essential for the formation of proteins and the develoment of...
  • Publication
    CO Excitation, Molecular Gas Density, and Interstellar Radiation Field in Local and High-redshift Galaxies
    We study the carbon monoxide (CO) excitation, mean molecular gas density, and interstellar radiation field (ISRF) intensity in a comprehensive sample of 76...
  • Publication
    First Detection of Molecular Gas in the Giant Low Surface Brightness Galaxy Malin 1
    After over three decades of unsuccessful attempts, we report the first detection of molecular gas emission in Malin 1, the largest spiral galaxy observed to...
  • Publication
    Hidden Gems on a Ring: Infant Massive Clusters and Their Formation Timeline Unveiled by ALMA, HST, and JWST in NGC 3351
    We use 0.1″ observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and JWST to study young massive clusters (YMCs) in their...
  • Talk
    How dynamical environment regulates the structure of the molecular gas and star formation in M51
    Gas kinematics on the scales of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) are essential for probing the framework that links the large-scale organization of interstellar...
  • Talk
    How dynamical environment regulates the structure of the molecular gas and star formation in M51
    Gas kinematics on the scales of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) are essential for probing the framework that links the large-scale organization of interstellar...
  • Talk
    Luminous buried AGNs and the AGN-starburst connections in the local Universe
    We present the results of our systematic search for optically elusive, but intrinsically luminous buried AGNs in >100 nearby (z 0.3) luminous infrared galaxies...