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The Supershell-Molecular Cloud Connection in the Milky Way and Beyond

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posted on 2023-05-23, 17:37 authored by Joanne Dawson, McClure-Griffiths, NM, Fukui, Y, John DickeyJohn Dickey, Wong, T, Hughes, A, Kawamura, A
The role of large-scale stellar feedback in the formation of molecular clouds has been investigated observationally by examining the relationship between Hi and 12CO(J = 1−0) in supershells. Detailed parsec-resolution case studies of two Milky Way supershells demonstrate an enhanced level of molecularisation over both objects, and hence provide the first quantitative observational evidence of increased molecular cloud production in volumes of space affected by supershell activity. Recent results on supergiant shells in the LMC suggest that while they do indeed help to organise the ISM into over-dense structures, their global contribution to molecular cloud formation is of the order of only ¡­ 10%.

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Publication title

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Volume

8

Editors

Dr Ian F. Corbett, Uta Grothkopf, Christiann Sterken

Pagination

83-86

ISSN

1743-9213

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Event title

Symposium S292 (Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies)

Event Venue

Bejing, China

Date of Event (Start Date)

2012-08-20

Date of Event (End Date)

2012-08-24

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences

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