The evolution of the star-forming interstellar medium across cosmic time

LJ Tacconi, R Genzel, A Sternberg - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decade, increasingly robust estimates of the dense molecular gas content in
galaxy populations between redshift z= 0 and the peak of cosmic galaxy/star formation (z∼ …

Line-intensity mapping: theory review with a focus on star-formation lines

JL Bernal, ED Kovetz - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2022 - Springer
Line-intensity mapping (LIM) is an emerging approach to survey the Universe, using
relatively low-aperture instruments to scan large portions of the sky and collect the total …

The ALMA REBELS Survey: cosmic dust temperature evolution out to z ∼ 7

L Sommovigo, A Ferrara, A Pallottini… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT ALMA observations have revealed the presence of dust in the first generations
of galaxies in the Universe. However, the dust temperature T d remains mostly …

PHIBSS: unified scaling relations of gas depletion time and molecular gas fractions

LJ Tacconi, R Genzel, A Saintonge… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper provides an update of our previous scaling relations between galaxy-integrated
molecular gas masses, stellar masses, and star formation rates (SFRs), in the framework of …

The lifecycle of molecular clouds in nearby star-forming disc galaxies

M Chevance, JMD Kruijssen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
It remains a major challenge to derive a theory of cloud-scale (pc) star formation and
feedback, describing how galaxies convert gas into stars as a function of the galactic …

Introducing the NEWHORIZON simulation: Galaxy properties with resolved internal dynamics across cosmic time

Y Dubois, R Beckmann, F Bournaud, H Choi… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Hydrodynamical cosmological simulations are increasing their level of realism by
considering more physical processes and having greater resolution or larger statistics …

Galaxies on FIRE (Feedback In Realistic Environments): stellar feedback explains cosmologically inefficient star formation

PF Hopkins, D Kereš, J Oñorbe… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present a series of high-resolution cosmological simulations1 of galaxy formation to z=
0, spanning halo masses∼ 108–1013 M⊙, and stellar masses∼ 104–1011 M⊙. Our …

High-redshift star formation in the Atacama large millimetre/submillimetre array era

JA Hodge, E da Cunha - Royal Society Open Science, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is currently in the process of
transforming our view of star-forming galaxies in the distant (z≳ 1) universe. Before ALMA …

The CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor

AD Bolatto, M Wolfire, AK Leroy - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
CO line emission represents the most accessible and widely used tracer of the molecular
ISM. This renders the translation of observed CO intensity into total H2 gas mass critical to …

Dusty star-forming galaxies at high redshift

CM Casey, D Narayanan, A Cooray - Physics Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
Far-infrared and submillimeter wavelength surveys have now established the important role
of dusty, star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) in the assembly of stellar mass and the evolution of …