Star clusters near and far: tracing star formation across cosmic time

A Adamo, P Zeidler, JMD Kruijssen, M Chevance… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Star clusters are fundamental units of stellar feedback and unique tracers of their host
galactic properties. In this review, we will first focus on their constituents, ie detailed insight …

From diffuse gas to dense molecular cloud cores

J Ballesteros-Paredes, P André, P Hennebelle… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Molecular clouds are a fundamental ingredient of galaxies: they are the channels that
transform the diffuse gas into stars. The detailed process of how they do it is not completely …

PHANGS–ALMA: Arcsecond CO (2–1) Imaging of Nearby Star-forming Galaxies

AK Leroy, E Schinnerer, A Hughes… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present PHANGS–ALMA, the first survey to map CO J= 2→ 1 line emission at∼ 1''∼ 100
pc spatial resolution from a representative sample of 90 nearby (d≲ 20 Mpc) galaxies that lie …

Molecular cloud populations in the context of their host galaxy environments: a multiwavelength perspective

J Sun, AK Leroy, E Rosolowsky, A Hughes… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a rich, multiwavelength, multiscale database built around the PHANGS–ALMA
CO (2− 1) survey and ancillary data. We use this database to present the distributions of …

Efficiently Cooled Stellar Wind Bubbles in Turbulent Clouds. I. Fractal Theory and Application to Star-forming Clouds

L Lancaster, EC Ostriker, JG Kim… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Winds from massive stars have velocities of 1000 km s− 1 or more and produce hot, high-
pressure gas when they shock. We develop a theory for the evolution of bubbles driven by …

Environmental dependence of the molecular cloud lifecycle in 54 main-sequence galaxies

J Kim, M Chevance, JMD Kruijssen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The processes of star formation and feedback, regulating the cycle of matter between gas
and stars on the scales of giant molecular clouds (GMCs;∼ 100 pc), play a major role in …

Pre-supernova feedback mechanisms drive the destruction of molecular clouds in nearby star-forming disc galaxies

M Chevance, JMD Kruijssen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
It is a major open question which physical processes stop gas accretion on to giant
molecular clouds (GMCs) and limit the efficiency at which gas is converted into stars. While …

Star formation scaling relations at∼ 100 pc from PHANGS: Impact of completeness and spatial scale

I Pessa, E Schinnerer, F Belfiore, E Emsellem… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Aims. The complexity of star formation at the physical scale of molecular clouds is not yet
fully understood. We investigate the mechanisms regulating the formation of stars in different …

Star formation efficiency and dispersal of giant molecular clouds with UV radiation feedback: dependence on gravitational boundedness and magnetic fields

JG Kim, EC Ostriker, N Filippova - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Molecular clouds are supported by turbulence and magnetic fields, but quantifying their
influence on cloud life cycle and star formation efficiency (SFE) remains an open question …

PHANGS–MUSE: The H II region luminosity function of local star-forming galaxies

F Santoro, K Kreckel, F Belfiore, B Groves… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We use an unprecedented sample of about 23 000 H II regions detected at an average
physical resolution of 67 pc in the PHANGS–MUSE sample to study the extragalactic H II …