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COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies - II. The non-universality of the molecular gas depletion time-scale
- Source :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 415:61-76
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011.
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Abstract
- We study the relation between molecular gas and star formation in a volume-limited sample of 222 galaxies from the COLD GASS survey, with measurements of the CO(1-0) line from the IRAM 30m telescope. The galaxies are at redshifts 0.025
- Subjects :
- Physics
education.field_of_study
Stellar mass
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Star formation
Population
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
Galaxy
Redshift
Photometry (optics)
Space and Planetary Science
0103 physical sciences
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Low Mass
education
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Line (formation)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00358711
- Volume :
- 415
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........50950a912cfa1ca03e0f8f1efce2893e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18823.x