Publications (36)
The JCMT BISTRO-2 Survey: Magnetic Fields of the Massive DR21 Filament
Tao-Chung Ching, Keping Qiu, Di Li +154
We present 850 m dust polarization observations of the massive DR21 filament from the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO) survey, using the POL-2 polarimeter…
The JCMT BISTRO-3 Survey: Variation of magnetic field orientations on parsec and sub-parsec scales in the massive star-forming region G28.34+0.06
Jihye Hwang, Kate Pattle, Chang Won Lee +35
Magnetic fields play a significant role in star-forming processes on core to clump scales. We investigate magnetic field orientations and strengths in the massive star-forming clum…
Magnetic fields of the starless core L 1512
Sheng-Jun Lin, Shih-Ping Lai, Kate Pattle +6
We present JCMT POL-2 850 um dust polarization observations and Mimir H band stellar polarization observations toward the starless core L1512. We detect the highly-ordered core-sca…
Observations of magnetic fields surrounding LkH 101 taken by the BISTRO survey with JCMT-POL-2
Nguyen Bich Ngoc, Pham Ngoc Diep, Harriet Parsons +146
We report the first high spatial resolution measurement of magnetic fields surrounding LkH 101, a part of the Auriga-California molecular cloud. The observations were taken wit…
BISTRO Survey: Gravity-Dominated and Magnetically Regulated Star Formation in M17 SW
Mengke Zhao, Keping Qiu, Ji-hyun Kang +27
We present high-resolution magnetic field maps of the M17 SW molecular cloud using JCMT 850 m dust polarization at a scale of 14. The magnetic field exhibits a distinct arc…
First results from BISTRO -- a SCUBA-2 polarimeter survey of the Gould Belt
Derek Ward-Thompson, Kate Pattle, Pierre Bastien +111
We present the first results from the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO) survey, using the Sub-millimetre Common-User Bolometer Array 2 (SCUBA-2) camera, with it…
A Decade of SCUBA-2: A Comprehensive Guide to Calibrating 450 m and 850 m Continuum Data at the JCMT
Steve Mairs, Jessica T. Dempsey, Graham S. Bell +24
The Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array 2 (SCUBA-2) is the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope's continuum imager, operating simultaneously at 450 and 850~m. SCUBA-2 was commis…
JCMT BISTRO Observations: Magnetic Field Morphology of Bubbles Associated with NGC 6334
Mehrnoosh Tahani, Pierre Bastien, Ray S. Furuya +142
We study the HII regions associated with the NGC 6334 molecular cloud observed in the sub-millimeter and taken as part of the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO)…
A First Look at BISTRO Observations of The Oph-A core
Jungmi Kwon, Yasuo Doi, Motohide Tamura +119
We present 850 m imaging polarimetry data of the Oph-A core taken with the Submillimeter Common-User Bolometer Array-2 (SCUBA-2) and its polarimeter (POL-2), as part of ou…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The magnetic field strength in the Orion A filament
Kate Pattle, Derek Ward-Thompson, David Berry +27
We determine the magnetic field strength in the OMC 1 region of the Orion A filament via a new implementation of the Chandrasekhar-Fermi method using observations performed as part…
FellWalker - a Clump Identification Algorithm
David Berry
This paper describes the FellWalker algorithm, a watershed algorithm that segments a 1-, 2- or 3-dimensional array of data values into a set of disjoint clumps of emission, each co…
Revealing the diverse magnetic field morphologies in Taurus dense cores with sensitive sub-millimeter polarimetry
Chakali Eswaraiah, Di Li, Ray S. Furuya +142
We have obtained sensitive dust continuum polarization observations at 850 m in the B213 region of Taurus using POL-2 on SCUBA-2 at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), as…
Submillimeter pulsations from the magnetar XTE J1810-197
Pablo Torne, Graham Bell, Dan Bintley +13
We present the first detection of pulsations from a neutron star in the submillimeter range. The source is the magnetar XTE J1810-197, observed with the James Clerk Maxwell Telesco…
First observations of the magnetic field inside the Pillars of Creation: Results from the BISTRO survey
Kate Pattle, Derek Ward-Thompson, Tetsuo Hasegawa +6
We present the first high-resolution, submillimeter-wavelength polarimetric observations of -- and thus direct observations of the magnetic field morphology within -- the dense gas…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Field of the Barnard 1 Star-Forming Region
Simon Coudé, Pierre Bastien, Martin Houde +118
We present the POL-2 850 m linear polarization map of the Barnard 1 clump in the Perseus molecular cloud complex from the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO)…
New Features in AST - a WCS Management and Manipulation Library
David Berry, Tim Jenness
Recent developments in the AST library are described, including a Python interface, support for the FITS-WCS "-TAB" system for storing tabular co-ordinate information, and extended…
B-fields in Star-Forming Region Observations (BISTRO): Magnetic Fields in the Filamentary Structures of Serpens Main
Woojin Kwon, Kate Pattle, Sarah Sadavoy +149
We present 850 m polarimetric observations toward the Serpens Main molecular cloud obtained using the POL-2 polarimeter on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) as part of t…
Filamentary Network and Magnetic Field Structures Revealed with BISTRO in the High-Mass Star-Forming Region NGC2264 : Global Properties and Local Magnetogravitational Configurations
Jia-Wei Wang, Patrick M. Koch, Seamus D. Clarke +154
We report 850 m continuum polarization observations toward the filamentary high-mass star-forming region NGC 2264, taken as part of the B-fields In STar forming Regions Observa…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: An 850/450m Polarization Study of NGC 2071IR in OrionB
A-Ran Lyo, Jongsoo Kim, Sarah Sadavoy +143
We present the results of simultaneous 450 m and 850 m polarization observations toward the massive star forming region NGC 2071IR, a target of the BISTRO (B-fields in Star…
A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-Shaped Filament as Revealed by JCMT BISTRO survey
Jintai Wu, Keping Qiu, Frederick Poidevin +152
As part of the BISTRO survey, we present JCMT 850 m polarimetric observations towards the Orion Integral-Shaped Filament (ISF) that covers three portions known as OMC-1, OMC-2,…
SCUBA-2 Data Processing
Tim Jenness, David Berry, Ed Chapin +3
SCUBA-2 is the largest submillimetre array camera in the world and was commissioned on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) with two arrays towards the end of 2009. A period of…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Unveiling the Magnetic Fields around Galactic Center
Meng-Zhe Yang, Shih-Ping Lai, Janik Karoly +40
We acquired 450 μm and 850 μm dust continuum polarization observations toward the inner region of the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) as part of the B-Fields In Star-Forming Region…
The JCMT BISTRO-2 Survey: The Magnetic Field in the Center of the Rosette Molecular Cloud
Vera Könyves, Derek Ward-Thompson, Kate Pattle +33
We present the first 850 m polarization observations in the most active star-forming site of the Rosette Molecular Cloud (RMC, 1.6 kpc) in the wall of the Rosette Nebula…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Field In The Starless Core Ophiuchus C
Junhao Liu, Keping Qiu, David Berry +128
We report 850~m dust polarization observations of a low-mass (12 ) starless core in the Ophiuchus cloud, Ophiuchus C, made with the POL-2 instrument on th…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Studying the Complex Magnetic Field of L43
Janik Karoly, Derek Ward-Thompson, Kate Pattle +155
We present observations of polarized dust emission at 850 m from the L43 molecular cloud which sits in the Ophiuchus cloud complex. The data were taken using SCUBA-2/POL-2 on t…
The JCMT and Herschel Gould Belt Surveys: A comparison of SCUBA-2 and Herschel data of dense cores in the Taurus dark cloud L1495
Derek Ward-Thompson, Kate Pattle, Jason Kirk +27
We present a comparison of SCUBA-2 850-m and Herschel 70--500-m observations of the L1495 filament in the Taurus Molecular Cloud with the goal of characterising the SCUBA-2…
Commissioning of Namakanui on the JCMT
Izumi Mizuno, Per Friberg, Ryan Berthold +39
Namakanui is an instrument containing three inserts in an ALMA type Dewar. The three inserts are Alaihi, Uu and Aweoweo operating around 86, 230 and 345GHz. The receiver is being c…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Fields of the IC 348 Star-forming Region
Youngwoo Choi, Woojin Kwon, Kate Pattle +150
We present 850 m polarization observations of the IC 348 star-forming region in the Perseus molecular cloud as part of the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observation (BISTRO)…
First BISTRO observations of the dark cloud Taurus L1495A-B10: the role of the magnetic field in the earliest stages of low-mass star formation
Derek Ward-Thompson, Janik Karoly, Kate Pattle +155
We present BISTRO Survey 850 μm dust emission polarisation observations of the L1495A-B10 region of the Taurus molecular cloud, taken at the JCMT. We observe a roughly triangular…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Magnetic Fields Associated with a Network of Filaments in NGC 1333
Yasuo Doi, Tetsuo Hasegawa, Ray S. Furuya +135
We present new observations of the active star-formation region NGC 1333 in the Perseus molecular cloud complex from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope B-Fields In Star-forming Regi…
The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: SCUBA-2 Data-Reduction Methods and Gaussian Source Recovery Analysis
Helen Kirk, Jennifer Hatchell, Doug Johnstone +17
The JCMT Gould Belt Survey was one of the first Legacy Surveys with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii, mapping 47 square degrees of nearby (< 500 pc) molecular clouds in…
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: A Spiral Magnetic Field in a Hub-filament Structure, Monoceros R2
Jihye Hwang, Jongsoo Kim, Kate Pattle +157
We present and analyze observations of polarized dust emission at 850 m towards the central 1 pc 1 pc hub-filament structure of Monoceros R2 (Mon R2). The data are obt…
JCMT BISTRO survey: Magnetic Fields within the Hub-Filament Structure in IC 5146
Jia-Wei Wang, Shih-Ping Lai, Chakali Eswaraiah +130
We present the 850 m polarization observations toward the IC5146 filamentary cloud taken using the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array 2 (SCUBA-2) and its associated pola…
A Pilot Study for the SCUBA-2 'All-Sky' Survey
Todd Mackenzie, Filiberto G. Braglia, Andy G. Gibb +30
We have carried out a pilot study for the SCUBA-2 'All-Sky' Survey, SASSy, a wide and shallow mapping project at 850 microns, designed to find rare objects, both Galactic and extra…
Magnetic fields towards Ophiuchus-B derived from SCUBA-2 polarization measurements
Archana Soam, Kate Pattle, Derek Ward-Thompson +121
We present the results of dust emission polarization measurements of Ophiuchus-B (Oph-B) carried out using the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array 2 (SCUBA-2) camera with its…
AST: A library for modelling and manipulating coordinate systems
David Berry, Rodney Warren-Smith, Tim Jenness
In view of increased interest in object-oriented systems for describing coordinate information, we present a description of the data model used by the Starlink AST library. AST pro…