Bursts of localized star formation in galaxies can levitate material from their midplanes. Spiral galaxies that are edge-on allow clear distinction of material that is levitated off the galaxies' midplanes. We used SOFIA to measure the vertical distribution of [C II] 157.7 micron line emission for two nearby, edge-on galaxies, NGC 891 and NGC 5907. We find that for the central region and actively-star-forming regions in the northern portion of NGC 891, and for NGC 5907, a thin (0.3 kpc) disk is supplemented by a thick disk with an exponential scale height of about 2 kpc. The [C II] is far more extended than mid-infrared emission (0.1 kpc, tracing present-day massive star formation) but not as extended as the H I (100 kpc, tracing low-metallicity circum/inter-galactic matter). The extraplanar [C II] may arise in walls of chimneys that connect the disk to the halo.
We present new and archival SOFIA FIFI-LS far-IR spectroscopic observations of 25 local galaxies of either the [OIII]52um and/or the [NIII]57um lines. Including other 31 galaxies from Herschel-PACS, we discuss a local sample of 47 galaxies, including HII region, luminous IR, low-metallicity dwarf and Seyfert galaxies. Analyzing the mid- to far-IR fine-structure lines of this sample, we assess the metallicity and compare with the optical spectroscopy estimates. Using the IR, we find a similar O/H--N/O relation to that known in the optical. As opposite, we find systematically lower N/O IR abunda…
The recent availability of high-resolution far-infrared (FIR) polarization observations of galaxies using HAWC+/SOFIA has facilitated studies of extragalactic magnetic fields in the cold and dense molecular disks.We investigate if any significant structural differences are detectable in the kpc-scale magnetic field of the grand design face-on spiral galaxy M51 when traced within the diffuse (radio) and the dense and cold (FIR) interstellar medium (ISM). Our analysis reveals a complex scenario where radio and FIR polarization observations do not necessarily trace the same magnetic field structu…
Tracing the Hidden Molecular Gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud with SOFIA and APEX
Universidad de Concepción（康塞普西翁大学）；Millennium Nucleus for Galaxies (MINGAL)（星系千年核（MINGAL））；Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik（马克斯·普朗克地外物理研究所）；Universidad de Chile（智利大学）；University of Maryland（马里兰大学）；Joint Space-Science Institute（联合空间科学研究所）；Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie（马克斯·普朗克射电天文学研究所）；Universidad de La Serena（拉塞雷纳大学）；Caltech Owens Valley Radio Observatory（加州理工学院欧文斯谷无线电天文台）；Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)（波茨坦阿斯特诺物理莱布尼茨研究所（AIP））；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；Universität zu Köln（科隆大学）
HyGAL: Characterizing the Galactic ISM with observations of hydrides and other small molecules. III. The absorption lines of [O I], CH, and OH
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln（科隆大学第一物理研究所）；Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie（马克斯·普朗克射电天文研究所）；William H. Miller III Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学威廉·H·米勒三世物理与天文学系）；Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学物理与天文学系）；LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités（巴黎天文台LERMA实验室（隶属PSL研究大学、CNRS、索邦大学））；Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland（马里兰大学天文学系）；Liant（利安特研究所）；Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University（名古屋大学理学研究科物理学系）
Molecular cloud dispersal traced by the ionized carbon 158 micron line
I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln（科隆大学第一物理研究所）；Green Bank Observatory（格林班克天文台）；University of Maryland, Department of Astronomy（马里兰大学天文学系）；Leiden Observatory（莱顿天文台）；SOFIA Science Center, USRA, NASA Ames Research Center（NASA阿姆斯研究中心USRA SOFIA科学中心）；Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, ZfA Universität Heidelberg（海德堡大学ZfA天体计算研究所）；Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University（西弗吉尼亚大学引力波与宇宙学中心）
Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope view of ram-pressure stripping in action: Star formation in the stripped gas of the GASP jellyfish galaxy JO201 in Abell 85
Velocity resolved [CII], [CI], and CO observations of the N159 star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud: a complex velocity structure and variation of the column densities
The SOMA Atomic Outflow Survey. I. An Atomic OI and Highly Ionized OIII Outflow from Massive Protostar G11.94-00.62
University of Virginia（弗吉尼亚大学）；RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute（理化学研究所先导研究本部）；Chalmers University of Technology（查尔姆斯理工大学）；Zhejiang Lab（浙江实验室）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC（安达卢西亚天体物理研究所，西班牙国家科学研究委员会）；Institute of Science Tokyo（东京科学大学）；Shanghai Jiao Tong University（上海交通大学）；IRAM - Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique（毫米波射电天文研究所）
