TY - GEN AU - Martínez-Badenes, V. AU - Lisenfeld , Ute AU - Espada Fernández, Daniel AU - Verdes-Montenegro, L. AU - García-Burillo, S. AU - Leon, S. AU - Sulentic, J. AU - Yun, M. S. PY - 2012 SN - 0004-6361 SN - 1432-0746 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/28360 AB - Aims. We study the effect of the extreme environment in Hickson compact groups (HCGs) on the molecular gas mass, MH2, and the star formation rate (SFR) of galaxies as a function of atomic hydrogen (HI) content and evolutionary phase of the group. AB - Methods. We selected a redshift-limited (D < 100 Mpc) sample of 88 galaxies in 20 HCGs with available atomic hydrogen (HI) VLA maps, covering a wide range of HI deficiencies and evolutionary phases of the groups and containing at least one spiral... AB - Results. The mean deficiencies of LFIR and MH2 of spiral galaxies in HCGs are close to 0, indicating that their average SFR and molecular gas content are similar to those of isolated galaxies. However, there are indications of an excess of MH2 (~50%)... AB - Conclusions. The properties of MH2 and LFIR in galaxies in HCGs are surprisingly similar to those of isolated galaxies, in spite of the much higher Def(MHI) of the former. The trends of the sSFR and Def(MH2) with Def(MHI) and the evolutionary state... LA - eng PB - EDP Sciences; Springer Verlag KW - ISM KW - Molecules KW - Galaxies KW - Evolution KW - Interactions KW - Star formation TI - On the molecular gas content and SFR in Hickson compact groups: enhanced or deficient? ER -