Search Results - "KennicuttJr, Robert C"

Spectral Energy Distributions for 258 Local Volume Galaxies by Dale, Daniel A, Boquien, Mederic, Turner, Jordan A, Calzetti, Daniela, KennicuttJr, Robert C, Lee, Janice C

“…We present model spectral energy distribution (SED) fits to ultraviolet/optical/infrared observations for the 258 nearby galaxies in the Local Volume Legacy…”
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Revisiting the Integrated Star Formation Law. II. Starbursts and the Combined Global Schmidt Law by KennicuttJr, Robert C, Reyes, Mithi A. C. de los

“…We compile observations of molecular gas contents and infrared-based star formation rates (SFRs) for 112 circumnuclear star forming regions, in order to…”
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Universal Upper End of the Stellar Initial Mass Function in the Young and Compact LEGUS clusters by Jung, Dooseok Escher, Calzetti, Daniela, Messa, Matteo, Heyer, Mark, Sirressi, Mattia, Linden, Sean T, Adamo, Angela, Chandar, Rupali, Cignoni, Michele, Cook, David O, Dobbs, Clare L, Elmegreen, Bruce G, Evans, Aaron S, Fumagalli, Michele, GallagherIII, John S, Hunter, Deidre A, Johnson, Kelsey E, KennicuttJr, Robert C, Krumholz, Mark R, Schaerer, Daniel, Sabbi, Elena, Smith, Linda J, Tosi, Monica, Wofford, Aida

“…We investigate the variation in the upper end of stellar initial mass function (uIMF) in 375 young and compact star clusters in five nearby galaxies within…”
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DIISC-I: The Discovery of Kinematically Anomalous HI Clouds in M 100 by Gim, Hansung B, Borthakur, Sanchayeeta, Momjian, Emmanuel, Padave, Mansi, Jansen, Rolf A, Nelson, Dylan, Heckman, Timothy M, KennicuttJr, Robert C, Fox, Andrew J, Pineda, Jorge L, Thilker, David, Kauffmann, Guinevere, Tumlinson, Jason

“…We report the discovery of two kinematically anomalous atomic hydrogen (HI) clouds in M 100 (NGC 4321), which was observed as part of the Deciphering the…”
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Testing For Azimuthal Abundance Gradients In M101 by Li, Yanxia, Bresolin, Fabio, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…New optical spectra of 28 H II regions in the M101 disk have been obtained, yielding 10 new detections of the [O III]{\lambda}4363 auroral line. The oxygen…”
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ZFOURGE: Using Composite Spectral Energy Distributions to Characterize Galaxy Populations at 1<z<4 by Forrest, Ben, Tran, Kim-Vy H, Broussard, Adam, Cohn, Jonathan H, KennicuttJr, Robert C, Papovich, Casey, Allen, Rebecca, Cowley, Michael, Glazebrook, Karl, Kacprzak, Glenn G, Kawinwanichakij, Lalitwadee, Nanayakkara, Themiya, Salmon, Brett, Spitler, Lee R, Straatman, Caroline M. S

“…We investigate the properties of galaxies as they shut off star formation over the 4 billion years surrounding peak cosmic star formation. To do this we…”
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Integrated Nebular Abundances of Disk Galaxies by Moustakas, John, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…Astrophys.J.651:155-166,2006 We study whether integrated optical spectroscopy of a disk galaxy can be used to infer the mean, or characteristic gas-phase…”
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An Integrated Spectrophotometric Survey of Nearby Star-Forming Galaxies by Moustakas, John, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…We present integrated optical spectrophotometry for a sample of 417 nearby galaxies. Our observations consist of spatially integrated, S/N=10-100 spectroscopy…”
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Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies by KennicuttJr, Robert C, EvansII, Neal J

“…We review progress over the past decade in observations of large-scale star formation, with a focus on the interface between extragalactic and Galactic…”
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What controls star formation in the central 500 pc of the Galaxy? by Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik, Longmore, Steven N, Elmegreen, Bruce G, Murray, Norman, Bally, John, Testi, Leonardo, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…The star formation rate (SFR) in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ, i.e. the central 500 pc) of the Milky Way is lower by a factor of >10 than expected for the…”
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Secular Evolution and the Formation of Pseudobulges in Disk Galaxies by Kormendy, John, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys.42:603-683,2004 We review internal processes of secular evolution in galaxy disks, concentrating on the buildup of dense central…”
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Star Formation in Luminous HII regions in M33 by Relano, Monica, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…Astrophys.J.699:1125-1143,2009 We present a multiwavelength (ultraviolet, infrared, optical and CO) study of a set of luminous HII regions in M33: NGC 604, NGC…”
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The Pa{\alpha} Luminosity Function of HII Regions in Nearby Galaxies from HST/NICMOS by Liu, Guilin, Calzetti, Daniela, KennicuttJr, Robert C, Schinnerer, Eva, Sofue, Yoshiaki, Komugi, Shinya, Egusa, Fumi, Scoville, Nicholas Z

“…2013, ApJ, 772, 27 The HII region luminosity function (LF) is an important tool for deriving the birthrates and mass distribution of OB associations, and is an…”
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Characterizing Ultraviolet and Infrared Observational Properties for Galaxies. I. Influences of Dust Attenuation and Stellar Population Age by Mao, Ye-Wei, KennicuttJr, Robert C, Hao, Cai-Na, Kong, Xu, Zhou, Xu

“…2012, ApJ, 757, 52 The correlation between infrared-to-ultraviolet luminosity ratio and ultraviolet color, i.e. the IRX-UV relation, was regarded as a…”
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New Radial Abundance Gradients for NGC 628 and NGC 2403 by Berg, Danielle A, Skillman, Evan D, Garnett, Donald R, Croxall, Kevin V, Marble, Andrew R, Smith, J. D, Gordon, Karl, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…Motived by recent ISM studies, we present high quality MMT and Gemini spectroscopic observations of H II regions in the nearby spiral galaxies NGC 628 and NGC…”
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Star Formation On Sub-kpc Scale Triggered By Non-linear Processes In Nearby Spiral Galaxies by Momose, Rieko, Koda, Jin, KennicuttJr, Robert C, Egusa, Fumi, Calzetti, Daniela, Liu, Guilin, Meyer, Jennifer Donovan, Okumura, Sachiko K, Scoville, Nick Z, Sawada, Tsuyoshi, Kuno, Nario

“…We report a super-linear correlation for the star formation law based on new CO($J$=1-0) data from the CARMA and NOBEYAMA Nearby-galaxies (CANON) CO survey…”
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Demographic and Citation Trends in Astrophysical Journal papers and Preprints by Schwarz, Greg J, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…We have used data from ADS, AAS, and astro-ph, to study the publishing, preprint posting, and citation patterns for papers published in the ApJ in 1999 and…”
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Dark and luminous matter in THINGS dwarf galaxies by Oh, Se-Heon, de Blok, W. J. G, Brinks, Elias, Walter, Fabian, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…We present mass models for the dark matter component of seven dwarf galaxies taken from "The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey" (THINGS) and compare these with those…”
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Thirty years of SN 1980K: Evidence for light echoes by Sugerman, Ben E. K, Andrews, Jennifer E, Barlow, Michael J, Clayton, Geoffrey C, Ercolano, Barbara, Ghavamian, Parviz, KennicuttJr, Robert C, Krause, Oliver, Meixner, Margaret, Otsuka, Masaaki

“…We report optical and mid-infrared photometry of SN 1980K between 2004 and 2010, which show slow monotonic fading consistent with previous spectroscopic and…”
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HST Survey of Clusters in Nearby Galaxies. I. Detection and Photometry by Dolphin, Andrew E, KennicuttJr, Robert C

“…We have developed photometric techniques that can be applied to images with highly-variable backgrounds, as well as to slightly-extended objects (object size…”
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