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Particularly Efficient Star Formation in M33

hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique [LERMA]
hal.structure.identifierObservatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
dc.contributor.authorGARDAN, E.
hal.structure.identifierObservatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
dc.contributor.authorBRAINE, J.
dc.contributor.authorSCHUSTER, K. F.
hal.structure.identifierObservatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
dc.contributor.authorBROUILLET, N.
dc.contributor.authorSIEVERS, A.
dc.date.created2007
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.description.abstractEnThe Star Formation (SF) rate in galaxies is an important parameter at all redshifts and evolutionary stages of galaxies. In order to understand the increased SF rates in intermediate redshift galaxies one possibility is to study star formation in local galaxies with properties frequently found at this earlier epoch like low metallicity and small size. We present sensitive observations of the molecular gas in M 33, a small Local Group spiral at a distance of 840 kpc which shares many of the characteristics of the intermediate redshift galaxies. The observations were carried out in the CO(2--1) line with the HERA heterodyne array on the IRAM 30 m telescope. A 11\arcmin$\times$22\arcmin region in the northern part of M 33 was observed, reaching a detection threshold of a few 10$^{3}$ \msol. The correlation in this field between the CO emission and tracers of SF (8\mum, 24\mum, \Ha, FUV) is excellent and CO is detected very far North, showing that molecular gas forms far out in the disk even in a small spiral with a subsolar metallicity. One major molecular cloud was discovered in an interarm region with no HI peak and little if any signs of SF -- without a complete survey this cloud would never have been found. The radial dependence of the CO emission has a scale length similar to the dust emission, less extended than the \Ha or FUV. If, however, the $\ratioo$ ratio varies inversely with metallicity, then the scale length of the H$_2$ becomes similar to that of the \Ha or FUV. Comparing the SF rate to the H$_2$ mass shows that M 33, like the intermediate redshift galaxies it resembles, has a significantly higher SF efficiency than large local universe spirals.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEDP Sciences
dc.title.enParticularly Efficient Star Formation in M33
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361:20077711
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]
dc.identifier.arxiv0707.2345
bordeaux.journalAstronomy and Astrophysics - A&A
bordeaux.page91-104
bordeaux.volume473
bordeaux.issue1
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-00163810
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-00163810v1
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