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astro-ph2008★ 80 cited

A census of molecular hydrogen outflows and their sources along the Orion A molecular ridge: characteristics and overall distribution

C. J. Davis, D. Froebrich, T. Stanke +9

We present wide-field near-IR images of Orion A. K and H2 1-0S(1) images of a contiguous 8 sqr degree region are compared to photometry from Spitzer and dust-continuum maps obtaine…

astro-ph2008

NEAR-IR Spectroscopy of Young Stars in the Braid Nebula Star Formation Region in Cygnus Ob7

Colin Aspin, Tracy L. Beck, Tae-Soo Pyo +8

We present 1.4 to 2.5 um integral field spectroscopy of 16 stars in the Braid Nebula star formation region in Cygnus OB7. These data forms one aspect of a large-scale multi-wavelen…

astro-ph2008★ 67 cited

An Investigation on the Morphological Evolution of Bright-Rimmed Clouds

J. Miao, G. J. White, M. A. Thompson +1

A new Radiative Driven Implosion (RDI) model based on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) technique is developed and applied to investigate the morphological evolutions of molecu…

astro-ph2008★ 47 cited

Atomic jets from class 0 sources detected by Spitzer: the case of L1448-C

O. Dionatos, B. Nisini, R. Garcia Lopez +5

We present Spitzer-IRS spectra obtained along the molecular jet from the Class 0 source L1448-C (or L1448-mm). Atomic lines from the fundamental transitions of [FeII], [SiII] and […

astro-ph2008★ 18 cited

NTT follow-up observations of star cluster candidates from the FSR catalogue

D. Froebrich, H. Meusinger, A. Scholz

We are conducting a large program to classify newly discovered Milky Way star cluster candidates from the list of Froebrich, Scholz & Raftery (2007). Here we present deep NIR follo…

astro-ph2008★ 157 cited

The origin of hydrogen line emission for five Herbig Ae/Be stars spatially resolved by VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometry

S. Kraus, K. -H. Hofmann, M. Benisty +14

To trace the accretion and outflow processes around YSOs, diagnostic spectral lines such as the BrG 2.166 micron line are widely used, although due to a lack of spatial resolution,…

astro-ph2008★ 8 cited

The Rosette Eye: the key transition phase in the birth of a massive star

J. Z. Li, M. D. Smith, R. Gredel +2

Massive protostars dramatically influence their surroundings via accretion-induced outflows and intense radiation fields. They evolve rapidly, the disk and infalling envelope being…

astro-ph2008★ 8 cited

The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer H2EX

F. Boulanger, J. P. Maillard, P. Appleton +12

The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer, H2EX, was proposed in response to the ESA 2015 - 2025 Cosmic Vision Call as a medium class space mission with NASA and CSA participations. The miss…

astro-ph2008★ 67 cited

A shallow though extensive H2 2.12 micron imaging survey of Taurus-Auriga-Perseus: I. NGC1333, L1455, L1448 and B1

C. J. Davis, P. Scholz, P. Lucas +2

We discuss wide-field near-IR imaging of the NGC1333, L1448, L1455 and B1 star forming regions in Perseus. The observations have been extracted from a much larger narrow-band imagi…

astro-ph2008★ 43 cited

Molecular jets driven by high-mass protostars: a detailed study of the IRAS 20126+4104 jet

A. Caratti o Garatti, D. Froebrich, J. Eisloeffel +2

We present here an extensive analysis of the protostellar jet driven by IRAS 20126+4104, deriving the kinematical, dynamical, and physical conditions of the H2 gas along the flow.…

astro-ph2008★ 80 cited

Properties of dusty tori in AGN: I. The Case of SWIRE/SDSS Quasars

E. Hatziminaoglou, J. Fritz, A. Franceschini +10

We derive the properties of dusty tori in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) from the comparison of observed Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of SDSS quasars and a precomputed grid o…

astro-ph2008★ 33 cited

Near-infrared, IFU spectroscopy unravels the bow-shock HH99B

T. Giannini, L. Calzoletti, B. Nisini +3

We aim to characterise the morphology and the physical parameters governing the shock physics of the Herbig-Haro object HH99B. We have obtained SINFONI-SPIFFI IFU spectroscopy betw…

astro-ph2007★ 556 cited

The UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey

P. W. Lucas, M. G. Hoare, A. Longmore +28

The UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey (GPS) is one of the five near infrared Public Legacy Surveys that are being undertaken by the UKIDSS consortium, using the Wide Field Camera on the…

astro-ph2007★ 44 cited

A SCUBA survey of bright-rimmed clouds

L. K. Morgan, M. A. Thompson, J. S. Urquhart +1

Context: Bright-rimmed clouds (BRCs) are potential examples of triggered star formation regions, in which photoionisation driven shocks caused by the expansion of HII regions induc…

astro-ph2007★ 16 cited

FSR0190 - Another old distant galactic cluster

D. Froebrich, H. Meusinger, C. J. Davis

We are conducting a large program to classify newly discovered Milky Way star cluster candidates from Froebrich et al. (2007). Here we present NIR follow-up observations of FSR0190…

astro-ph2007★ 33 cited

VLT / Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer Observations of Molecular Hydrogen Lines in the Knots in the Planetary Nebula NGC 7293 (the Helix Nebula)

M. Matsuura, A. K. Speck, M. D. Smith +6

Knots are commonly found in nearby planetary nebulae (PNe) and star forming regions. Within PNe, knots are often found to be associated with the brightest parts of the nebulae and…

astro-ph2007★ 53 cited

Multiplicity Among Young Brown Dwarfs and Very Low Mass Stars

Mirza Ahmic, Ray Jayawardhana, Alexis Brandeker +4

Characterizing multiplicity in the very low mass (VLM) domain is a topic of much current interest and fundamental importance. Here we report on a near-IR AO imaging survey of 31 yo…

astro-ph2007★ 24 cited

The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- V. Submillimetre properties of near-infrared--selected galaxies in the Subaru/XMM--Newton deep field

T. Takagi, A. M. J. Mortier, K. Shimasaku +21

We have studied the submillimetre (submm) properties of the following classes of near-infrared (NIR)-selected massive galaxies at high redshifts: BzK-selected star-forming galaxies…

astro-ph2007★ 4 cited

Herbig-Haro Objects - Tracers of the Formation of Low-mass Stars and Sub-stellar Objects

Bringfried Stecklum, Helmut Meusinger, Dirk Froebrich

Herbig-Haro objects (HHOs) are caused by outflows from young objects. Since the outflow relies on mass accretion from a circumstellar disk, it indicates ongoing growth. Recent resu…

astro-ph2007★ 44 cited

A large scale extinction map of the Galactic Anticenter from 2MASS

D. Froebrich, G. C. Murphy, M. D. Smith +1

We present a 127deg x 63deg extinction map of the Anticenter of the Galaxy, based on <J-H> and <H-K> colour excess maps from 2MASS. This 8001 square degree map with a resolution of…

astro-ph2007★ 24 cited

Proper Motion Studies of Outflows from Classical T Tauri Stars

F. McGroarty, T. P. Ray, D. Froebrich

In a previous paper (McGroarty & Ray 2004, 420, 975) we examined the environment of a number of evolved low-mass young stars, i.e. Classical T Tauri Stars, to see if they are capab…

astro-ph2007★ 31 cited

FSR1735 -- A new globular cluster candidate in the inner Galaxy

D. Froebrich, H. Meusinger, A. Scholz

We carry out a large program to classify newly discovered star clusters from Froebrich et al. (2006) in the inner Galaxy. Here, we present a first analysis of a new high-priority g…

astro-ph2007★ 109 cited

The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - IV: Radio-mm-FIR photometric redshifts

Itziar Aretxaga, David H. Hughes, Kristen Coppin +28

We present the redshift distribution of the SHADES galaxy population based on the rest-frame radio-mm-FIR colours of 120 robustly detected 850um sources in the Lockman Hole East (L…

astro-ph2006★ 53 cited

Analytical scanning and transmission electron microscopy of laboratory impacts on Stardust aluminum foils: interpreting impact crater morphology and the composition of impact residues

A. T. Kearsley, G. A. Graham, M. J. Burchell +8

The known encounter velocity (6.1kms-1) and particle incidence angle (perpendicular) between the Stardust spacecraft and the dust emanating from the nucleus of comet Wild 2 fall wi…