Description
M82 is one of the nearest and brightest starburst galaxies. It has been extensively studied in the past decade and by now is considered the prototypical extragalactic photon-dominated region (PDR) and a reference for studying star formation feedback. Our aim is to characterize the molecular chemistry in M82 at spatial scales of giant molecular clouds (GMCs), ~100pc, to investigate the feedback effects of the star formation activity.
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