A complete 12CO 2-1 map of M 51 with HERA II. Total gas surface densities and gravitational stability

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 495, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 795-806

  Hitschfeld, M ^a   Kramer, C ^a,b   Schuster, K F ^c   Garcia Burillo, S ^d   Stutzki, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Institute de Radioastronomie Millimétrique IRAM Núcleo Central   (Spain)

^c IRAM   (France)

^d Observatorio de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: spiral; ISM: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMBINES; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DUST; DYNAMICS; GALAXIES; GASES; GRAVITATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KINEMATICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STABILITY;

ATOMIC GAS; ATOMIC SURFACES; DUST SURFACES; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GALACTIC DISKS; GALAXIES: ISM; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXIES: SPIRAL; GAS MASS; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITIES; ISM: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; LINE WIDTHS; MOLECULAR GAS; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; Q PARAMETERS; SCALE LENGTHS; SPIRAL ARMS; SPIRAL GALAXIES; STAR FORMATIONS; STELLAR SURFACES; SURFACE DENSITIES; VELOCITY DISPERSIONS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 61949280023     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810898     Document Type: Article

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