Gas molecular denso y formación estelar en galaxias externas : uso de la emisión de HCN como trazador de densidad y análisis de su excitación
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2024
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21/03/2023
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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En las galaxias del Universo cercano, las estrellas se forman en las zonas más densas del medio molecular interestelar. En esta tesis doctoral discutimos la relación entre dicha fase densa y la formación estelar en galaxias externas. Fuera de la Vía Láctea, el gas denso se estudia habitualmente mediante observaciones de la línea de emisión HCN J=1–0. Aquí examinaremos el comportamiento de esta línea molecular en diversas galaxias, desde un sistema altamente interactuante (Taffy) hasta una pequeña muestra de tres galaxias con tasas de formación estelar moderadas. Con ello pretendemos (1) caracterizar la fase densa del gas en distintos entornos y (2) validar la utilización de HCN J= 1–0 como trazador de densidad...
Stars form out of the densest material of the molecular inter-stellar medium. This PhD thesis discusses the relation between the dense gas phase and star formation in external galaxies. In this extragalactic context, dense gas is commoly probed by means of line emission observations of HCN J=1–0. We examine the behaviour of this molecular line on different galaxy types, from the highly interacting Taffy systems to a modest sample of three normal star-forming galaxies. The goals we address are: (1) the characterisation of the dense gas phase in different environments, and (2) the validation of HCN J=1–0 as a density-sensitive tracer of the molecular phase...
Stars form out of the densest material of the molecular inter-stellar medium. This PhD thesis discusses the relation between the dense gas phase and star formation in external galaxies. In this extragalactic context, dense gas is commoly probed by means of line emission observations of HCN J=1–0. We examine the behaviour of this molecular line on different galaxy types, from the highly interacting Taffy systems to a modest sample of three normal star-forming galaxies. The goals we address are: (1) the characterisation of the dense gas phase in different environments, and (2) the validation of HCN J=1–0 as a density-sensitive tracer of the molecular phase...