The HI-H 2 Transition and Star Formation in Early-Type Galaxies

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Rmol-Pressure Relation •Early-type empirical result: P=[(P/k B )/52±4 K cm -3 )] 0.45±0.09 •The Elmegreen (1993) prediction, F mol ≈P 2.2 j(Z) -1 , is only good for R mol 1 results in a much more shallow fitted • R mol =P1.2 for R mol
Summary • Observed HI surface density saturation and total surface density at the transition region are similar to that of early-type galaxies. • The Krumholz et al. (2009) dissociation models do a fair job of predicting the molecular fraction in CO-rich early-type galaxies. • The cold gas systems of CO-rich early-type galaxies fundamentally resemble that of normal • Stability spiral models galaxies! are more or less consistent with observations. Star formation is occurring where we predict it to occur except where the gas is likely not yet settled into the disk. • R mol is a much more shallow function of hydrostatic midplane pressure than observed for disk galaxies.
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