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Caption: Figure 5.
Molecular surface density (open blue circles) and Toomre
Q-parameter (filled red squares,
Q
Toomre = (κσ
0/π
GΣ
mol gas)) in a 0
75 software slit along the major axis of the galaxy. Here κ is the epicyclic frequency, κ
2 =
R ×
d((
v/
R)
2)/
dR + 4 × (
v/
R),
v is the rotation velocity at radius
R,
σ
0 is the average local velocity dispersion (after removal of rotation and correction for instrumental resolution) and
Σ
mol gas is the molecular gas surface density.
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