Frank Bigiel

University of Bonn — Germany

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

54h-index13.4kcitations346works5.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies(208), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena(206), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(175), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(97), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications(55)

Publications346 total

PHANGS-JWST: the largest extragalactic molecular cloud catalog traced by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
The Hierarchical Dynamical State of Molecular Gas from 3 to 300 pc in NGC 253
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Masses, Star Formation Efficiencies, and Dynamical Evolution of 18,000 H <scp>ii</scp> Regions
The Astrophysical Journal Letters·2025Open Access
Masses, Star-Formation Efficiencies, and Dynamical Evolution of 18,000 HII Regions
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA (SWAN)
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025Open Access
The SWAN view of dense gas in the Whirlpool. A cloud-scale comparison of N2H+, HCO+, HNC, and HCN emission in M51
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025Open Access
PHANGS-HST Catalogs for ∼100,000 Star Clusters and Compact Associations in 38 Galaxies. II. Physical Properties from Decision-tree-based Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting of NUV-<i>U</i>-<i>B</i>-<i>V</i> <i>-</i> <i>I</i> Photometry with Categorical Priors Set by H<i>α</i> Emission, Cluster Morphology, and Other Auxiliary Information
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Timescales of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and Dust Continuum Emission from Gas Clouds Compared to Molecular Gas Cloud Lifetimes in PHANGS-JWST Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Constraining Resolved Extragalactic <i>R</i> <sub>21</sub> Variation with Well-calibrated ALMA Observations
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Extreme cloud collisions in nearby barred galaxies
ArXiv.org·2025Open Access
Reconciling extragalactic star formation efficiencies with theory: Insights from PHANGS
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The MUSE view of the Sculptor galaxy: Survey overview and the luminosity function of planetary nebulae
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Extreme cloud collisions in nearby barred galaxies
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025Open Access
The EDGE-CALIFA survey: Star formation relationships for galaxies at different stages of their evolution
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Relationships between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Small Dust Grains, H<sub>2</sub>, and H <scp>i</scp> in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies NGC 6822 and WLM Using JWST, ALMA, and the VLA
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Time-scales of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and dust continuum emission from gas clouds compared to molecular gas cloud lifetimes in PHANGS-JWST galaxies
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Constraining resolved extragalactic $R_{21}$ variation with well calibrated ALMA observations
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Gas and dust in nearby galaxies
Open Research Europe·2025Open Access
Cloud-scale Gas Properties, Depletion Times, and Star Formation Efficiency per Freefall Time in PHANGS–ALMA
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
Tracing the Earliest Stages of Star and Cluster Formation in 19 Nearby Galaxies with PHANGS-JWST and HST: Compact 3.3 <i>μ</i>m Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emitters and Their Relation to the Optical Census of Star Clusters
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Adam K. Leroy(37), Eva Schinnerer(26), Andreas Schruba(26), A. Usero(25), Erik Rosolowsky(24), J. M. Diederik Kruijssen(23), Annie Hughes(21), J. Pety(21), Mélanie Chevance(21), Simon C. O. Glover(21), Daniel A. Dale(20), Miguel Querejeta(20), Guillermo A. Blanc(19), Ralf S. Klessen(19), Kathryn Kreckel(18), Brent Groves(17), Sharon E. Meidt(17), Jiayi Sun(17), Kathryn Grasha(17), Toshiki Saito(16)