Mopra Fornax Cluster CO-Line Legacy Survey
Abstract
We request 258 hours of Mopra time in average weather to map the CO(J=1-0) line across the entire optical disk of 28 galaxies in the Fornax cluster. With multiple next generation telescopes being built in the southern hemisphere the Fornax cluster will soon be one of the most extensively studied clusters. We propose to map all galaxies classified as spirals within the 4x4degree region covered by our Herschel survey. The CO(J=1-0) maps are crucial to our investigations into molecular gas and its relationship between dust, star-formation and the environment the galaxy resides in (i.e. the local density of galaxies).
- Publication:
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ATNF Proposal
- Pub Date:
- April 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012atnf.prop.4995S
- Keywords:
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- interstellar medium of other galaxies;
- spectroscopy and imaging of nearby galaxies;
- Mopra