出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：The VIXENS project is an integral field unit (IFU) survey of 15 nearby infrared bright (LIR > 31010L ) starburst/interacting galaxies, chosen to cover a range of interaction stages (from early to late phase mergers), star formation rates, and gas surface densities. The main goal of VIXENS is to investigate the relation between the star formation rate (SFR) and gas surface densities on spatially resolved scales of 0.2-0.9 kpc by comparing various tracers of star formation and gas content. More specifically, we use the Ha from our IFU data, 24mm, and far-UV data to investigate star formation and archival CO and HI maps, as well as maps of dense gas as traced by HCN(1–0). VIXENS will provide 2D maps of ionized gas, SFRs, stellar and gas kinematics, and metallicities. This unique data set will enable us to test theoretical predictions at the high star formation rate and gas surface density regime of the Kennicutt-Schmidt relation.
