Extragalactic Molecular Clouds

Yuri Beletsky, João Alves

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Abstract

We report the results of our study of 436 giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in NGC5128 using dust extinction. The proposed technique allows us toprobe the extinction up to 10 magnitudes in this galaxy. The clump massspectrum, derived by a clumpfind algorithm, is consistent with a powerlaw, dN/dM ∞ M -α, with α = 2.3.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIsland Universes
Subtitle of host publicationStructure and Evolution of Disk Galaxies
EditorsR. S. Jong
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
Pages363-366
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-1-4020-5573-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Publication series

SeriesAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
ISSN1570-6591

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103004 Astrophysics

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