Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...208.2802t&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 208, #28.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.107
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
ALMA will provide spectacular images of star formation in nearby galaxies. At its highest resolutions, ALMA will be able to discern structures up to tenths of a parsec in size. A powerful continuum instrument, ALMA will allow us to image submillimeter dust emission from molecular clouds and millimeter free-free emission from extragalactic HII regions. Molecular line emission can be mapped in disks of normal galaxies, in galactic centers, and near AGN, on sizescales comparable to giant molecular clouds themselves, and with velocity resolutions of a few km/s. The availability of numerous molecules and transitions in the millimeter and submillimeter will allow the study of cloud chemistry. ALMA will revolutionize our understanding of the global patterns of star formation in galaxies, the connection between galactic structure and star formation, and the effects of star formation feedback on molecular clouds. In this talk we will try to anticipate the contributions of ALMA in this area.
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