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PHANGS — Studying the Physics of Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies

Presentation #351.04 in the session “Star Formation in Galaxies”.

Published onJan 11, 2021
PHANGS — Studying the Physics of Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies

Where do stars form and how is their formation regulated across galactic disks? These two questions are critical for our understanding of the star formation process. The PHANGS (Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS) collaboration is obtaining multi-wavelength, high angular resolution observations of a representative sample of nearby massive star-forming galaxies. The dataset probes star-forming units of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs), HII regions, and young stellar clusters throughout the disks of the galaxies in the sample. Such data hold the key to new insights on the molecular gas reservoir, the star formation process itself, as well as on the influence of galactic components such as bulges, stellar bars, spiral arms and active galactic nuclei (AGN) on the gas-star formation cycle. Here we will provide an overview of the major efforts within the PHANGS collaboration.

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