Star Formation Law at Sub-kpc Scale in the Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A as Seen by ALMA

<div>ALMA <sup>12</sup>CO (<svg height="10.5647pt" id="M22" style="vertical-align:-1.928801pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 5.99765 10.5647" width="5.99765pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M429 650H175L169 622C251 614 259 612 244 532L174 152C163 91 152 37 135 -6C109 -72 67 -101 23 -113L33 -144C45 -143 73 -134 102 -119C186 -76 229 -1 254 133L327 532C341 609 347 613 423 622L429 650Z" id="g113-75"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="452" vert-adv-y="452" xpluscharwidth="5.876"></glyph.data></g></svg> = 2-1) integrated intensity images of Centaurus A (NGC 5128).</div>

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Figure 1: Star Formation Law at Sub-kpc Scale in the Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A as Seen by ALMA 