Molecular atlas of nearby galaxies through sensitive high-resolution multi-band molecular line surveys
Abstract
Star formation and associated feedback processes play a key role in galaxy evolution. Astrochemistry is a powerful tool for characterising the physical conditions of dense star-forming gas and understanding the reciprocal relation between stellar feedback and the interstellar medium (ISM): from the way feedback influences the ISM to how the ISM conditions regulate the formation of new stars. The advent of large spectral surveys of a few individual galaxy centres have demonstrated the potential of molecular gas inventories to reveal the physical conditions of star-forming gas in great detail. A next-generation (sub)mm facility in the 2040s would extend this science to the local star-forming galaxy population, providing for the first time a comprehensive view of the physical and chemical conditions of the molecular ISM in the local universe.
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BibTeX
@misc{bouvier2026molecular,
title = {{Molecular atlas of nearby galaxies through sensitive high-resolution multi-band molecular line surveys}},
author = {Mathilde Bouvier and Erica Behrens and Laura Colzi and Ana Duarte-Cabral and Minou Greve and Jeff Mangum and Sébastien Muller and Miguel Querejeta and Víctor M. Rivilla and Francesco Salvestrini and Thomas G. Williams and Cecilia Bacchini and Viviana Casasola and Timothy A. Davis and Jakob den Brok and Cosima Eibensteiner and Daniel Espada and Sergio Martín and Frédérique Motte and Rosita Paladino and Miguel Pereira-Santaella and Ilaria Ruffa and Sabine Thater and Katarzyna M. Dutkowska},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.21687},
eprint = {2610.21687},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.21687},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Molecular atlas of nearby galaxies through sensitive high-resolution multi-band molecular line surveys
AU - Mathilde Bouvier
AU - Erica Behrens
AU - Laura Colzi
AU - Ana Duarte-Cabral
AU - Minou Greve
AU - Jeff Mangum
AU - Sébastien Muller
AU - Miguel Querejeta
AU - Víctor M. Rivilla
AU - Francesco Salvestrini
AU - Thomas G. Williams
AU - Cecilia Bacchini
AU - Viviana Casasola
AU - Timothy A. Davis
AU - Jakob den Brok
AU - Cosima Eibensteiner
AU - Daniel Espada
AU - Sergio Martín
AU - Frédérique Motte
AU - Rosita Paladino
AU - Miguel Pereira-Santaella
AU - Ilaria Ruffa
AU - Sabine Thater
AU - Katarzyna M. Dutkowska
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/15
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.21687
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.21687
AB - Star formation and associated feedback processes play a key role in galaxy evolution. Astrochemistry is a powerful tool for characterising the physical conditions of dense star-forming gas and understanding the reciprocal relation between stellar feedback and the interstellar medium (ISM): from the way feedback influences the ISM to how the ISM conditions regulate the formation of new stars. The advent of large spectral surveys of a few individual galaxy centres have demonstrated the potential of molecular gas inventories to reveal the physical conditions of star-forming gas in great detail. A next-generation (sub)mm facility in the 2040s would extend this science to the local star-forming galaxy population, providing for the first time a comprehensive view of the physical and chemical conditions of the molecular ISM in the local universe.
ER -