Highly efficient star formation in NGC 5253 possibly from stream-fed accretion

J. L. Turner (), S. C. Beck, D. J. Benford, S. M. Consiglio, P. T. P. Ho, A. Kovács, D. S. Meier and J.-H. Zhao
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J. L. Turner: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547, USA
S. C. Beck: University of Tel Aviv, 69978 Ramat Aviv, Israel
D. J. Benford: Observational Cosmology Laboratory, Code 665, NASA at Goddard Space Flight Center
S. M. Consiglio: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547, USA
P. T. P. Ho: Academia Sinica, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11F Astronomy-Mathematics Building, AS/NTU No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
A. Kovács: Department of Physics, Caltech, Pasadena, California 91125, USA; Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota
D. S. Meier: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 85723, USA
J.-H. Zhao: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street

Nature, 2015, vol. 519, issue 7543, 331-333

Abstract: Detection of carbon monoxide in a molecular cloud in dwarf galaxy NGC 5253 reveals the highest star-formation efficiency yet seen, driven by an accreting streamer of gas.

Date: 2015
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