« NOEMA3D: Inflowing Gas at Subgalactic Scales in Massive Star Forming Galaxies at z~1-2 »
How is gas transported within galaxies at cosmic noon? What is the role of bars and spiral arms in the build-up of galactic structures? To try to answer these questions I will present NOEMA3D, an ongoing ~1100 hours legacy program of resolved imaging of CO, [CI] and 1mm dust continuum in a well-characterized sample of ~20 massive SFGs at z~1-2, to investigate the physical and kinematic processes that drive galaxy evolution on sub-galactic scales. With on-source integrations of 20-70 hours with the full 12-antenna array, NOEMA3D provides unequaled sensitivity and high spectral resolution cold gas maps of SFGs at this important epoch. I will present high-resolution case-studies of molecular gas inflows along non-axisymmetric structures such as spiral arms or bars of galaxies, fueling nuclear star formation, bulge growth or efficiently feeding the central supermassive black hole.