Smith, J. D T (author), Croxall, Kevin (author), Draine, Bruce (author), Looze, Ilse De (author), Sandstrom, Karin (author), Armus, Lee (author), Beirão, Pedro (author), Bolatto, Alberto (author), Boquien, Mederic (author), Brandl, B.R. (author), Crocker, Alison (author), Dale, Daniel A. (author), Galametz, Maud (author), Groves, Brent (author), Helou, George (author), Herrera-Camus, Rodrigo (author), Hunt, Leslie (author), Kennicutt, Robert (author), Walter, Fabian (author), Wolfire, Mark (author) We present [C ii] 158 μm measurements from over 15,000 resolved regions within 54 nearby galaxies of the Kingfish program to investigate the so-called [C ii] "line-cooling deficit" long known to occur in galaxies with different luminosities. The [C ii]/TIR ratio ranges from above 1% to below 0.1% in the sample, with a mean value of 0.48 ± 0...
journal article 2017
