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author Koch, Eric W.
Leroy, Adam K.
Rosolowsky, Erik W.
Chomiuk, Laura
Dalcanton, Julianne J.
Pingel, Nickolas M.
Sarbadhicary, Sumit K.
Stanimirović, Snežana
Walter, Fabian
Archer, Haylee N.
Bolatto, Alberto D.
Busch, Michael P.
Chen, Hongxing
Chown, Ryan
Corbould, Harrisen
Cronin, Serena A.
Darling, Jeremy
Do, Thomas
Meyer, Jennifer Donovan
Eibensteiner, Cosima
Hunter, Deidre
Indebetouw, Rémy
Jagannathan, Preshanth
Kepley, Amanda A.
Kim, Chang-Goo
Kim, Shin-Jeong
Kovacs, Timea O.
Marvil, Joshua
Murphy, Eric J.
Murray, Claire E.
Ott, Jürgen
Pisano, D. J.
Putman, Mary
Rybarczyk, Daniel R.
Roman-Duval, Julia
Sandstrom, Karin
Schinnerer, Eva
Skillman, Evan D.
Smercina, Adam
Stelea, Ioana
Strader, Jay
Sun, Jiayi
Tallapaneni, Devisree
Tarantino, Elizabeth
Villanueva, Vicente
Weisz, Daniel R.
Williams, Thomas G.
Wong, Tony
author_facet Koch, Eric W.
Leroy, Adam K.
Rosolowsky, Erik W.
Chomiuk, Laura
Dalcanton, Julianne J.
Pingel, Nickolas M.
Sarbadhicary, Sumit K.
Stanimirović, Snežana
Walter, Fabian
Archer, Haylee N.
Bolatto, Alberto D.
Busch, Michael P.
Chen, Hongxing
Chown, Ryan
Corbould, Harrisen
Cronin, Serena A.
Darling, Jeremy
Do, Thomas
Meyer, Jennifer Donovan
Eibensteiner, Cosima
Hunter, Deidre
Indebetouw, Rémy
Jagannathan, Preshanth
Kepley, Amanda A.
Kim, Chang-Goo
Kim, Shin-Jeong
Kovacs, Timea O.
Marvil, Joshua
Murphy, Eric J.
Murray, Claire E.
Ott, Jürgen
Pisano, D. J.
Putman, Mary
Rybarczyk, Daniel R.
Roman-Duval, Julia
Sandstrom, Karin
Schinnerer, Eva
Skillman, Evan D.
Smercina, Adam
Stelea, Ioana
Strader, Jay
Sun, Jiayi
Tallapaneni, Devisree
Tarantino, Elizabeth
Villanueva, Vicente
Weisz, Daniel R.
Williams, Thomas G.
Wong, Tony
contents We present the Local Group L-Band Survey (LGLBS), a Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) survey producing the highest quality 21-cm and 1-2 GHz radio continuum images to date for the six VLA-accessible, star-forming, Local Group galaxies. Leveraging the VLA's spectral multiplexing power, we simultaneously survey the 21-cm line at high 0.4 km/s velocity resolution, the 1-2 GHz polarized continuum, and four OH lines. For the massive spiral M31, the dwarf spiral M33, and the dwarf irregular galaxies NGC6822, IC10, IC1613, and the Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy (WLM), we use all four VLA configurations and the Green Bank Telescope to reach angular resolutions of $< 5''$ ($10{-}20$~pc) for the 21-cm line with $<10^{20}$~cm$^{-2}$ column density sensitivity, and even sharper views ($< 2''$; $5{-}10$~pc) of the continuum. Targeting these nearby galaxies ($D\lesssim1$ Mpc) reveals a sharp, resolved view of the atomic gas, including 21-cm absorption, and continuum emission from supernova remnants and HII regions. These datasets can be used to test theories of the abundance and formation of cold clouds, the driving and dissipation of interstellar turbulence, and the impact of feedback from massive stars and supernovae. Here, we describe the survey design and execution, scientific motivation, data processing, and quality assurance. We provide a first look at and publicly release the wide-field 21-cm HI data products for M31, M33, and four dwarf irregular targets in the survey, which represent some of the highest physical resolution 21-cm observations of any external galaxies beyond the LMC and SMC.
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spellingShingle The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Local Group L-band Survey (LGLBS)
Koch, Eric W.
Leroy, Adam K.
Rosolowsky, Erik W.
Chomiuk, Laura
Dalcanton, Julianne J.
Pingel, Nickolas M.
Sarbadhicary, Sumit K.
Stanimirović, Snežana
Walter, Fabian
Archer, Haylee N.
Bolatto, Alberto D.
Busch, Michael P.
Chen, Hongxing
Chown, Ryan
Corbould, Harrisen
Cronin, Serena A.
Darling, Jeremy
Do, Thomas
Meyer, Jennifer Donovan
Eibensteiner, Cosima
Hunter, Deidre
Indebetouw, Rémy
Jagannathan, Preshanth
Kepley, Amanda A.
Kim, Chang-Goo
Kim, Shin-Jeong
Kovacs, Timea O.
Marvil, Joshua
Murphy, Eric J.
Murray, Claire E.
Ott, Jürgen
Pisano, D. J.
Putman, Mary
Rybarczyk, Daniel R.
Roman-Duval, Julia
Sandstrom, Karin
Schinnerer, Eva
Skillman, Evan D.
Smercina, Adam
Stelea, Ioana
Strader, Jay
Sun, Jiayi
Tallapaneni, Devisree
Tarantino, Elizabeth
Villanueva, Vicente
Weisz, Daniel R.
Williams, Thomas G.
Wong, Tony
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We present the Local Group L-Band Survey (LGLBS), a Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) survey producing the highest quality 21-cm and 1-2 GHz radio continuum images to date for the six VLA-accessible, star-forming, Local Group galaxies. Leveraging the VLA's spectral multiplexing power, we simultaneously survey the 21-cm line at high 0.4 km/s velocity resolution, the 1-2 GHz polarized continuum, and four OH lines. For the massive spiral M31, the dwarf spiral M33, and the dwarf irregular galaxies NGC6822, IC10, IC1613, and the Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy (WLM), we use all four VLA configurations and the Green Bank Telescope to reach angular resolutions of $< 5''$ ($10{-}20$~pc) for the 21-cm line with $<10^{20}$~cm$^{-2}$ column density sensitivity, and even sharper views ($< 2''$; $5{-}10$~pc) of the continuum. Targeting these nearby galaxies ($D\lesssim1$ Mpc) reveals a sharp, resolved view of the atomic gas, including 21-cm absorption, and continuum emission from supernova remnants and HII regions. These datasets can be used to test theories of the abundance and formation of cold clouds, the driving and dissipation of interstellar turbulence, and the impact of feedback from massive stars and supernovae. Here, we describe the survey design and execution, scientific motivation, data processing, and quality assurance. We provide a first look at and publicly release the wide-field 21-cm HI data products for M31, M33, and four dwarf irregular targets in the survey, which represent some of the highest physical resolution 21-cm observations of any external galaxies beyond the LMC and SMC.
title The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Local Group L-band Survey (LGLBS)
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11792