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VALES, III : the calibration between the dust continuum and interstellar gas content of star-forming galaxies

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We present the calibration between the dust continuum luminosity and interstellar gas content obtained from the Valparaiso ALMA Line Emission Survey (VALES) sample of 67 main-sequence star-forming galaxies at 0.02 < z < 0.35. We use CO(1-0) observations from the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array to trace the molecular gas mass, M-H2, and estimate the rest-frame monochromatic luminosity at 850 mu m, L-nu 850, by extrapolating the dust continuum from MAGPHYS modelling of the far-ultraviolet to submillimetre spectral energy distribution sampled by the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey. Adopting alpha(CO) = 6.5 (K km s(-1) pc(2))(-1), the average ratio of L-nu 850/M-H2 = (6.4 +/- 1.4) x 10(19) erg s(-1) Hz(-1) M-circle dot(-1), in excellent agreement with literature values. We obtain a linear fit of log(10) (M-H2/M-circle dot) = (0.92 +/- 0.02) log(10)(L-nu 850/erg s(-1) Hz(-1)) - (17.31 +/- 0.59). We provide relations between L-nu 850, M-H2 and M-ISM when combining the VALES and literature samples, and adopting a Galactic alpha(CO) value.
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ISM: lines and bands, galaxies: ISM, submillimetre: galaxies, CO-TO-H-2 CONVERSION FACTOR, DATA RELEASE, MOLECULAR GAS, LOCAL UNIVERSE, HERSCHEL ATLAS, HIGH-REDSHIFT, EMISSION, MASSES

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Hughes, TM, et al. “VALES, III : The Calibration between the Dust Continuum and Interstellar Gas Content of Star-Forming Galaxies.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 468, no. 1, 2017, pp. L103–07, doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slx033.
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Hughes, T., Ibar, E., Villanueva, V., Aravena, M., Baes, M., Bourne, N., … Xue, Y. (2017). VALES, III : the calibration between the dust continuum and interstellar gas content of star-forming galaxies. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 468(1), L103–L107. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slx033
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Hughes, TM, E Ibar, V Villanueva, M Aravena, Maarten Baes, N Bourne, A Cooray, et al. 2017. “VALES, III : The Calibration between the Dust Continuum and Interstellar Gas Content of Star-Forming Galaxies.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 468 (1): L103–7. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slx033.
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Hughes, TM, E Ibar, V Villanueva, M Aravena, Maarten Baes, N Bourne, A Cooray, LJM Davies, S Driver, L Dunne, S Dye, S Eales, C Furlanetto, R Herrera-Camus, RJ Ivison, E van Kampen, MA Lara-López, S Maddox, MJ Michałowski, I Oteo, D Smith, MWL Smith, E Valiante, P van der Werf, Sébastien Viaene, and YQ Xue. 2017. “VALES, III : The Calibration between the Dust Continuum and Interstellar Gas Content of Star-Forming Galaxies.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 468 (1): L103–L107. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slx033.
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Hughes T, Ibar E, Villanueva V, Aravena M, Baes M, Bourne N, et al. VALES, III : the calibration between the dust continuum and interstellar gas content of star-forming galaxies. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 2017;468(1):L103–7.
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T. Hughes et al., “VALES, III : the calibration between the dust continuum and interstellar gas content of star-forming galaxies,” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 468, no. 1, pp. L103–L107, 2017.
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  abstract     = {{We present the calibration between the dust continuum luminosity and interstellar gas content obtained from the Valparaiso ALMA Line Emission Survey (VALES) sample of 67 main-sequence star-forming galaxies at 0.02 < z < 0.35. We use CO(1-0) observations from the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array to trace the molecular gas mass, M-H2, and estimate the rest-frame monochromatic luminosity at 850 mu m, L-nu 850, by extrapolating the dust continuum from MAGPHYS modelling of the far-ultraviolet to submillimetre spectral energy distribution sampled by the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey. Adopting alpha(CO) = 6.5 (K km s(-1) pc(2))(-1), the average ratio of L-nu 850/M-H2 = (6.4 +/- 1.4) x 10(19) erg s(-1) Hz(-1) M-circle dot(-1), in excellent agreement with literature values. We obtain a linear fit of log(10) (M-H2/M-circle dot) = (0.92 +/- 0.02) log(10)(L-nu 850/erg s(-1) Hz(-1)) - (17.31 +/- 0.59). We provide relations between L-nu 850, M-H2 and M-ISM when combining the VALES and literature samples, and adopting a Galactic alpha(CO) value.}},
  author       = {{Hughes, TM and Ibar, E and Villanueva, V and Aravena, M and Baes, Maarten and Bourne, N and Cooray, A and Davies, LJM and Driver, S and Dunne, L and Dye, S and Eales, S and Furlanetto, C and Herrera-Camus, R and Ivison, RJ and van Kampen, E and Lara-López, MA and Maddox, S and Michałowski, MJ and Oteo, I and Smith, D and Smith, MWL and Valiante, E and van der Werf, P and Viaene, Sébastien and Xue, YQ}},
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  journal      = {{MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY}},
  keywords     = {{ISM: lines and bands,galaxies: ISM,submillimetre: galaxies,CO-TO-H-2 CONVERSION FACTOR,DATA RELEASE,MOLECULAR GAS,LOCAL UNIVERSE,HERSCHEL ATLAS,HIGH-REDSHIFT,EMISSION,MASSES}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{L103--L107}},
  title        = {{VALES, III : the calibration between the dust continuum and interstellar gas content of star-forming galaxies}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slx033}},
  volume       = {{468}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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