Dense cloud cores revealed by CO in the low metallicity dwarf galaxy WLM

Monica Rubio, Bruce G. Elmegreen (), Deidre A. Hunter, Elias Brinks, Juan R. Cortés and Phil Cigan
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Monica Rubio: Universidad de Chile
Bruce G. Elmegreen: T.J. Watson Research Center
Deidre A. Hunter: Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Road
Elias Brinks: Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire
Juan R. Cortés: Joint ALMA Observatory, Alonso de Córdova 3107
Phil Cigan: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Nature, 2015, vol. 525, issue 7568, 218-221

Abstract: To understand the birth of stars, observations of the clouds in which they form are key; here, interferometric observations are reported of carbon monoxide clouds in the galaxy WLM, which has a metallicity that is 13 per cent of the value of our Sun.

Date: 2015
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