Determination of kinematic distances of WISE & SMGPS H II regions in the Galactic plane using SEDIGISM cloud association

arXiv:2607.12046 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-13 · Read on arXiv

Moses Langa, Mark Thompson, Andrew Rigby, Gwenllian Williams, Mubela Mutale, Cristobal Bordiu, Simone Riggi, Willice Obonyo, James Chibueze, Paul Baki

astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-07-13

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stag1282

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Star Formation Efficiency — 7× in this paper
• Trace — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• APEX — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer — 4× in this paper
• Clustering — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Star Formation Efficiency (SFE) — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• South African Radio Astronomy Observatory — 2× in this paper
• Stellar Feedback — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Spectral clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Verification — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Formation of Molecular Clouds and Global Conditions for Star Formation
• The SEDIGISM survey: Molecular clouds in the inner Galaxy
• Observations and Theory of Dynamical Triggers for Star Formation

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