Pith. sign in

REVIEW 8 cited by

The Role of Pressure in GMC Formation II: The H_2 - Pressure Relation

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv astro-ph/0605035 v1 pith:BPIAKHRQ submitted 2006-05-01 astro-ph

classification astro-ph
keywords pressuregalaxiesrelationmolecularatomicfactorformationformulation
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal
0 comments
read the original abstract

We show that the ratio of molecular to atomic gas in galaxies is determined by hydrostatic pressure and that the relation between the two is nearly linear. The pressure relation is shown to be good over three orders of magnitude for 14 galaxies including dwarfs, HI-rich, and H_2-rich galaxies as well as the Milky Way. The sample spans a factor of five in mean metallicity. The rms scatter of individual points of the relation is only about a factor of two for all the galaxies, though some show much more scatter than others. Using these results, we propose a modified star formation prescription based on pressure determining the degree to which the ISM is molecular. The formulation is different in high and low pressure regimes defined by whether the gas is primarily atomic or primarily molecular. This formulation can be implemented in simulations and provides a more appropriate treatment of the outer regions of spiral galaxies and molecule-poor systems such as dwarf irregulars and damped Lyman-alpha systems.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 8 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. Multiphase images of a powerful supernova-driven wind in the early Universe

    astro-ph.GA 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 7.0 of 10

    Resolved multiphase observations reveal a supernova-driven wind in a z=5.3 galaxy removing gas at twice the star-formation rate, potentially quenching it within 100 Myr and matching local superwind properties.

  2. A Multiwavelength Inventory for the Local Group L-band Survey I: Atlas and Radial Profiles of Local Group Galaxies

    astro-ph.GA 2026-07 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    Atomic gas is the most extended component in six Local Group galaxies, and atomic-gas depletion times rise from about 1 Gyr in the inner disks to tens-to-hundreds of Gyr in the outer disks.

  3. Empirical estimates of how massive galaxies can be in {\Lambda}CDM

    astro-ph.GA 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 6.0 of 10

    Empirical upper limits on galaxy stellar masses from extreme value statistics, after correcting for Eddington bias and halo mass scatter, remain below the theoretical baryonic maximum of 0.16 times halo mass at all re...

  4. Grain-size evolution and rapid dust growth in high-redshift galaxies

    astro-ph.GA 2026-06 conditional novelty 5.0 of 10

    A multiphase ISM grain-size model with low supernova dust yield reproduces observed dust-to-stellar mass ratios and UV luminosity functions at z=7-12 by letting small grains seed rapid metal accretion.

  5. Identifying and Determining Atmospheric Parameters of BHB Stars Based on LAMOST DR11

    astro-ph.SR 2026-07 conditional novelty 4.0 of 10

    A catalog of 13,988 BHB spectra (10,236 unique stars) from LAMOST DR11 with SLAM-based atmospheric parameters, using color indices to break the Teff–logg degeneracy.

  6. The Formation of Globular Clusters

    astro-ph.GA 2025-01 unverdicted novelty 3.0 of 10

    Globular clusters are best understood as the surviving remnants of ordinary, high-pressure star formation in high-redshift galaxies.

  7. HI Simulations for Cosmology with the SKA Observatory

    astro-ph.CO 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 2.0 of 10

    Overview of HI modeling methods finds consistency in cosmic HI density but systematic differences in HI-halo mass relation shape and redshift evolution.

  8. Cosmological Galaxy Formation Modelling in the Era of the Square Kilometre Array

    astro-ph.GA 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 1.0 of 10

    Review of state-of-the-art cosmological galaxy formation models for HI, molecular gas and radio continuum in preparation for SKA, advocating coordinated multi-scale simulations, forward modelling and AI emulators.

Pith tools