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Publications (11)

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMA-IMF XVII -- Census and lifetime of high-mass prestellar cores in 14 massive protoclusters

M. Valeille-Manet, S. Bontemps, T. Csengeri +24

High-mass prestellar cores are extremely rare. The search for such objects has long been hindered by small sample sizes, leading to large uncertainties in their lifetimes and the c…

astro-ph.GA2026

Estimation of the magnetic field strength from ALMA dust polarization in the protocluster G327.29

A. Koley, P. Sanhueza, A. M. Stutz +5

Magnetic fields and turbulence may play a crucial role in the evolution of molecular clouds and ultimately in the formation of dense cores and stars. Despite being studied in many…

astro-ph.GA2026

Magnetic field morphological diagnostics with ALMA in the G327.29 protocluster: VGT versus dust polarization

A. Koley, A. M. Stutz, A. Lazarian +7

Magnetic fields and turbulence may play a key role in the evolution of protoclusters, influencing the formation of dense cores and stars. Here, we examine the morphology of the mag…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA-IMF. XXI.: NH kinematics in the G012.80 protocluster: Evidence for filament rotation and evolution

J. Salinas, A. M. Stutz, R. H. Álvarez-Gutiérrez +20

(abridged) We aim to characterize kinematic processes in the G012.80 protocluster. We principally focus on the NH(10) emission to trace the dense and cold gas. Additiona…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMA-IMF XX: Core fragmentation in the W51 high-mass star-forming region

T. Yoo, A. Ginsburg, J. Braine +27

We present a study of core fragmentation in the W51-E and W51-IRS2 protoclusters in the W51 high-mass star-forming region. The identification of core fragmentation is achieved by t…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMA-IMF XVIII: The assembly of a star cluster: Dense NH (1-0) kinematics in the massive G351.77 protocluster

N. A. Sandoval-Garrido, A. M. Stutz, R. H. Álvarez-Gutiérrez +20

ALMA-IMF observed 15 massive protoclusters capturing multiple spectral lines and the continuum emission. We focus on the G351.77 protocluster ( 2500 M, estimated fr…

astro-ph.GA2024

ALMA-IMF XVI: Mass-averaged temperature of cores and protostellar luminosities in the ALMA-IMF protoclusters

F. Motte, Y. Pouteau, T. Nony +34

ALMA-IMF imaged 15 massive protoclusters down to a resolution of of 2 kau scales, identifying about 1000 star-forming cores. The mass and luminosity of these cores, which are funda…

astro-ph.GA2024

ALMA-IMF XIII: NH kinematic analysis on the intermediate protocluster G353.41

R. H. Álvarez-Gutiérrez, A. M. Stutz, N. Sandoval-Garrido +23

The ALMA-IMF Large Program provides multi-tracer observations of 15 Galactic massive protoclusters at matched sensitivity and spatial resolution. We focus on the dense gas kinemati…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA-IMF XXII. Role of core subfragmentation in the IMF origin: Hierarchical fragmentation cascade and CMF in W43-MM1

F. Motte, N. Le Nestour, R. Veyry +29

We aim to predict how the currently observed top-heavy CMF in the massive protocluster W43-MM1 evolves due to core subfragmentation. We used getsf to extract sources in 5 ALMA imag…

astro-ph.GA2026

Challenges in probing turbulent and magnetic support in cores: the W43-MM1 protocluster case study

M. Valeille-Manet, F. Louvet, F. Motte +13

Estimating the level of non-thermal support in cores is both challenging and crucial for constraining the earliest stages of star formation. We quantify the kinetic and magnetic su…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMA-IMF XIX: C18O (J=2-1): Measurements of turbulence in 15 massive protoclusters

A. Koley, A. M. Stutz, F. Louvet +17

ALMA-IMF is a large program of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) that aims to determine the origin of the core mass function (CMF) of 15 massive Galactic prot…