@inproceedings{29a8748d23b64b68b827faa34bce3892,
title = "Neutral hydrogen in the local Universe",
abstract = "We revisit the composition of neutral hydrogen, i.e. atomic (HI) and molecular (H2), in the local Universe, with focus on the H 2-to-HI mass ratio ηgal in various galaxies and the H2-mass function (MF). First, we derive the H2-MF from the CO-luminosity function (LF) of the FCRAO Extragalactic CO Survey, using a variable CO-to-H2 conversion fitted to nearby observations. This implies a universal H2 density ΩH2=(6.9±2.7) 10-5h-1 and ΩH2/HI=0. 26±0.11, which could, however, suffer from incompleteness of the CO-sample. Therefore, a second approach derives the H2-MF from a HI-sample with well described completeness (HIPASS). This premisses an estimation of ηgal, for which we introduce a set of phenomenological models based on a sample of 245 galaxies drawn from the literature. Our best model in terms of statistical scatter describes ηgal as a function of galaxy type and cold gas mass. This model leads to an H2-MF that matches the one derived from the CO-LF, thus supporting that model and settling completeness uncertainties.",
keywords = "Cold gas, Hydrogen, ISM, Molecular gas",
author = "D. Obreschkow",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1063/1.2973611",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735405585",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "33--39",
booktitle = "The Evolution of Galaxies Through the Neutral Hydrogen Window",
note = "The Evolution of Galaxies Through the Neutral Hydrogen Window ; Conference date: 01-02-2008 Through 03-02-2008",
}