The origin and life-cycle of molecular clouds are still poorly constrained, despite their importance for understanding the evolution of the interstellar medium. Many large-scale surveys of the Galactic plane have been conducted recently, allowing for rapid progress in this field. Nevertheless, a sub-arcminute resolution global view of the large-scale distribution of molecular gas, from the diffuse medium to dense clouds and clumps, and of their relationshipto the spiral structure, is still missing. Aims. We have carried out a systematic, homogeneous, spectroscopic survey of the inner Galactic plane, in order to complement the many continuum Galactic surveys available with crucial distance and gas-kinematic information. Our aim is to combine this data set with recent infrared to sub-millimetre surveys at similar angular resolutions.
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Schuller, F., Csengeri, T., Urquhart, J. S., Duarte-Cabral, A., Barnes, P. J., Giannetti, A., … Zavagno, A. (2017). SEDIGISM: Structure, excitation, and dynamics of the inner Galactic interstellar medium. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 601. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628933
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