Catalog Service: Photodissociation regions in M33
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We derive total (atomic + molecular) hydrogen densities in giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the nearby spiral galaxy M33 using a method that views the atomic hydrogen near regions of recent star formation as the product of photodissociation. Far-ultraviolet (FUV) photons emanating from a nearby OB association produce a layer of atomic hydrogen on the surfaces of nearby GMCs. Our approach provides an estimate of the total hydrogen density in these GMCs from observations of the excess FUV emission that reaches the GMC from the OB association and of the excess 21-cm radio HI emission produced after these FUV photons convert H2 into HI on the GMC surface. The method provides an alternative approach to the use of CO emission as a tracer of H2 in GMCs and is especially sensitive to a range of densities well below the critical density for CO(1-0) emission.
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This resource was registered on: 2012 Apr 18 14:34:44ZThis resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z
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This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.
This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data.
This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.
Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/416/2/table5 (Locations and FUV fluxes of candidate photodissociation regions (PDRs))
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