ASTE Observations of Nearby Galaxies: A Tight Correlation between CO <i>J</i> = 3โ2 Emission and H$\alpha$
ASTE Observations of Nearby Galaxies: A Tight Correlation between CO <i>J</i> = 3โ2 Emission and H$\alpha$
Abstract Star formation rates (SFRs) obtained via extinction-corrected H$\alpha$ are compared to dense gas, as traced by $^{12}{\rm CO}$ (J = 3โ2) emission at the centers of nearby galaxies, observed with the ASTE telescope. It is found that, although many of the observed positions are dusty, and therefore heavily absorbed โฆ