Adam K. Leroy

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Best Publications

• The CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor

  Alberto D. Bolatto;Mark Wolfire;Adam K. Leroy

  2174
  Citations

• HERACLES: THE HERA CO LINE EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEY

  Adam K. Leroy;Fabian Walter;Frank Bigiel;Antonio Usero

  950
  Citations

• The Resolved Properties of Extragalactic Giant Molecular Clouds

  Alberto D. Bolatto;Adam K. Leroy;Erik Rosolowsky;Erik Rosolowsky;Fabian Walter

  829
  Citations

• Extremely Inefficient Star Formation in the Outer Disks of Nearby Galaxies

  F. Bigiel;F. Bigiel;A. Leroy;A. Leroy;F. Walter;L. Blitz

  645
  Citations

• A CONSTANT MOLECULAR GAS DEPLETION TIME IN NEARBY DISK GALAXIES

  F. Bigiel;A. K. Leroy;F. Walter;E. Brinks

  625
  Citations

• The CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor and Dust-to-gas Ratio on Kiloparsec Scales in Nearby Galaxies

  K. M. Sandstrom;A. K. Leroy;F. Walter;A. D. Bolatto

  586
  Citations

• MOLECULAR GAS AND STAR FORMATION IN NEARBY DISK GALAXIES

  Adam K. Leroy;Fabian Walter;Karin Sandstrom;Andreas Schruba

  568
  Citations

• The CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor from Infrared Dust Emission across the Local Group

  Adam K. Leroy;Alberto Bolatto;Karl Gordon;Karin Sandstrom

  535
  Citations

• A Molecular Star Formation Law in the Atomic-gas-dominated Regime in Nearby Galaxies

  Andreas Schruba;Adam K. Leroy;Fabian Walter;Frank Bigiel

  517
  Citations

• WHAT IS DRIVING THE H I VELOCITY DISPERSION

  D. Tamburro;H.-W. Rix;A. K. Leroy;M.-M. Mac Low;M.-M. Mac Low

  509
  Citations

• KINGFISH—Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel: Survey Description and Image Atlas

  R. C. Kennicutt;D. Calzetti;G. Aniano;P. Appleton

  422
  Citations

• HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS OF THE HALOS OF FOUR DARK MATTER-DOMINATED GALAXIES: DEVIATIONS FROM A UNIVERSAL DENSITY PROFILE

  Joshua D. Simon;Joshua D. Simon;Alberto D. Bolatto;Alberto D. Bolatto;Adam Leroy;Adam Leroy;Leo Blitz

  396
  Citations

• REGULATION OF STAR FORMATION RATES IN MULTIPHASE GALACTIC DISKS: A THERMAL/DYNAMICAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL

  Eve Charis Ostriker;Christopher F. McKee;Christopher F. McKee;Adam K. Leroy

  344
  Citations

• The Spitzer survey of the small magellanic cloud : S3MC imaging and photometry in the mid-and far-infrared wave bands

  Alberto D. Bolatto;Joshua D. Simon;Snežana Stanimirović;Snežana Stanimirović;Jacco Th. van Loon

  324
  Citations

• HERSCHEL FAR-INFRARED AND SUBMILLIMETER PHOTOMETRY FOR THE KINGFISH SAMPLE OF NEARBY GALAXIES

  D. A. Dale;G. Aniano;C. W. Engelbracht;J. L. Hinz

  285
  Citations

• LOW CO LUMINOSITIES IN DWARF GALAXIES

  Andreas Schruba;Adam K. Leroy;Fabian Walter;Frank Bigiel

  283
  Citations

• WHICH PHASE OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM CORRELATES WITH THE STAR FORMATION RATE

  Mark R. Krumholz;Adam K. Leroy;Christopher F. McKee

  275
  Citations

• The Plateau de Bure + 30m Arcsecond Whirlpool Survey reveals a thick disk of diffuse molecular gas in the M51 galaxy

  J. Pety;E. Schinnerer;A. K. Leroy;A. Hughes

  271
  Citations

• VARIATIONS IN THE STAR FORMATION EFFICIENCY OF THE DENSE MOLECULAR GAS ACROSS THE DISKS OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES*

  Antonio Usero;Adam K. Leroy;Adam K. Leroy;Fabian Walter;Andreas Schruba

  267
  Citations

• The PdBI Arcsecond Whirlpool Survey (PAWS): Environmental Dependence of Giant Molecular Cloud Properties in M51

  Dario Colombo;Annie Hughes;Eva Schinnerer;Sharon E. Meidt

  256
  Citations