{"id":202854,"date":"2024-12-31T06:28:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T12:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/new-method-traces-molecular-gas-mass-in-distant-galaxies"},"modified":"2024-12-31T06:28:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T12:28:52","slug":"new-method-traces-molecular-gas-mass-in-distant-galaxies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/new-method-traces-molecular-gas-mass-in-distant-galaxies","title":{"rendered":"New method traces molecular gas mass in distant galaxies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-method-traces-molecular-gas-mass-in-distant-galaxies2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Zhao Yinghe from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators, have conducted a study examining the correlation between the [C II] 158 micron emission and the CO(1\u22120) line. Their findings were <a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-4357\/ad8c3e\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in The Astrophysical Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Molecular gas (H<sub>2<\/sub>) plays a critical role in <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/star+formation\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">star formation<\/a>, a key factor in the evolution of galaxies. Therefore, measuring the gas content in galaxies is crucial. However, the traditional tracer for H<sub>2<\/sub> mass, the CO(1\u22120) line, is challenging to detect in the <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/early+universe\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">early universe<\/a> due to various factors, including lower metal content.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, there is a pressing need for alternative H<sub>2<\/sub> tracers, especially as more galaxies at high redshifts are being discovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Zhao Yinghe from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators, have conducted a study examining the correlation between the [C II] 158 micron emission and the CO(1\u22120) line. Their findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal. Molecular gas (H2) plays a critical role in star formation, a key factor [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}