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astro-ph.GA2015★ 30 cited

Giant H nebula surrounding the starburst merger NGC 6240

Michitoshi Yoshida, Masafumi Yagi, Youichi Ohyama +4

We revealed the detailed structure of a vastly extended H-emitting nebula ("H nebula") surrounding the starburst/merging galaxy NGC 6240 by deep narrow-band imaging observati…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 29 cited

The SPLASH survey: Quiescent galaxies are more strongly clustered but are not necessarily located in high-density environments

Lihwai Lin, P. L. Capak, C. Laigle +10

We use the stellar-mass-selected catalog from the Spitzer Large Area Survey with Hyper-Suprime-Cam (SPLASH) in the COSMOS field to study the environments of galaxies via galaxy den…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 34 cited

Planck cold clumps in the Orionis complex: I. Discovery of an extremely young Class 0 protostellar object and a proto-brown dwarf candidate in a bright rimmed clump PGCC G192.32-11.88

Tie Liu, Qizhou Zhang, Kee-Tae Kim +37

We are performing a series of observations with ground-based telescopes toward Planck Galactic cold clumps (PGCCs) in the Orionis complex in order to systematically investigate…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 75 cited

Submillimeter-HCN Diagram for an Energy Diagnostics in the Centers of Galaxies

Takuma Izumi, Kotaro Kohno, Susanne Aalto +16

Compiling data from literature and the ALMA archive, we show enhanced HCN(4-3)/HCO(4-3) and/or HCN(4-3)/CS(7-6) integrated intensity ratios in circumnuclear molecular gas aroun…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 26 cited

The discovery of lensed radio and X-ray sources behind the Frontier Fields cluster MACS J0717.5+3745 with the JVLA and Chandra

R. J. van Weeren, G. A. Ogrean, C. Jones +24

We report on high-resolution JVLA and Chandra observations of the HST Frontier Cluster MACS J0717.5+3745. MACS J0717.5+3745 offers the largest contiguous magnified area of any know…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 96 cited

The Megamaser Cosmology Project VIII. A Geometric Distance to NGC 5765b

F. Gao, J. A. Braatz, M. J. Reid +7

As part of the Megamaser Cosmology Project (MCP), here we present a new geometric distance measurement to the megamaser galaxy NGC 5765b. Through a series of VLBI observations, we…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 2 cited

Local Magnetic Field Role in Star Formation

Patrick M. Koch, Ya-Wen Tang, Paul T. P. Ho +14

We highlight distinct and systematic observational features of magnetic field morphologies in polarized submm dust continuum. We illustrate this with specific examples and show sta…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 20 cited

The optical luminosity function from a sample of galaxies in bootes

Richard A. Beare, Michael J. I. Brown, Kevin A. Pimbblet +2

Using a sample of ~410 000 galaxies to depth I_AB = 24 over 8.26 deg^2 in the Bootes field (~10 times larger than z~1 luminosity function studies in the prior literature), we have…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 16 cited

First-generation Science Cases for Ground-based Terahertz Telescopes

Hiroyuki Hirashita, Patrick M. Koch, Satoki Matsushita +33

Ground-based observations at terahertz (THz) frequencies are a newly explorable area of astronomy for the next ten years. We discuss science cases for a first-generation 10-m class…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 28 cited

Spectral-Line Survey at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths toward an Outflow-Shocked Region, OMC 2-FIR 4

Yoshito Shimajiri, Takeshi Sakai, Yoshimi Kitamura +9

We performed the first spectral-line survey at 82--106 GHz and 335--355 GHz toward the outflow-shocked region, OMC 2-FIR 4, the outflow driving source, FIR 3, and the northern outf…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 128 cited

Evolution of Stellar-to-Halo Mass Ratio at z=0-7 Identified by Clustering Analysis with the Hubble Legacy Imaging and Early Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey Data

Yuichi Harikane, Masami Ouchi, Yoshiaki Ono +15

We present clustering analysis results from 10,381 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z~ 4-7, identified in the Hubble legacy deep imaging and new complimentary large-area Subaru/Hyper…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 29 cited

Mapping CO Gas in the GG Tauri A Triple System with 50 AU Spatial Resolution

Ya-Wen Tang, Anne Dutrey, Stephane Guilloteau +11

We aim to unveil the observational imprint of physical mechanisms that govern planetary formation in the young, multiple system GG Tau A. We present ALMA observations of CO…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 117 cited

The story of supernova 'Refsdal' told by MUSE

C. Grillo, W. Karman, S. H. Suyu +10

We present MUSE observations in the core of the HFF galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, where the first magnified and spatially-resolved multiple images of SN 'Refsdal' at redshift 1…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 7 cited

Dispersing Envelope around the Keplerian Circumbinary Disk in L1551 NE and its Implications for the Binary Growth

Shigehisa Takakuwa, Kazuhiro Kiyokane, Kazuya Saigo +1

We performed mapping observations of the Class I protostellar binary system L1551 NE in the CO (=3-2), CO (=3-2), CS (=7-6), and SO (=7-6) lines…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 130 cited

Self-similar Fragmentation Regulated by Magnetic Fields in a Massive Star Forming Filament

Hua-bai Li, Ka Ho Yuen, Frank Otto +6

Most molecular clouds are filamentary or elongated. Among those forming low-mass stars, their long axes tend to be either parallel or perpendicular to the large-scale (10-100 pc) m…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 46 cited

First Results from COPSS: The CO Power Spectrum Survey

Garrett K. Keating, Geoffrey C. Bower, Daniel P. Marrone +11

We present constraints on the abundance of carbon-monoxide in the early Universe from the CO Power Spectrum Survey (COPSS). We utilize a data set collected between 2005 and 2008 us…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 7 cited

The connecting molecular ridge in the Galactic center

Pei-Ying Hsieh, Paul T. P. Ho, Chorng-Yuan Hwang

We report new observations of multiple transitions of the CS molecular lines in the SgrA region of the Galactic center, at an angular resolution of 40" (=1.5 pc). The objective of…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 58 cited

Chemical Features in the Circumnuclear Disk of the Galactic Center

N. Harada, D. Riquelme, S. Viti +7

The circumnuclear disk (CND) of the Galactic Center is exposed to many energetic phenomena coming from the supermassive black hole Sgr A* and stellar activities. These energetic ac…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 63 cited

A precessing molecular jet signaling an obscured, growing supermassive black hole in NGC1377?

S. Aalto, F. Costagliola, S. Muller +11

With high resolution (0."25 x 0."18) ALMA CO 3-2 observations of the nearby (D=21 Mpc, 1"=102 pc), extremely radio-quiet galaxy NGC1377, we have discovered a high-velocity, very co…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 17 cited

Strongly Time-Variable Ultra-Violet Metal Line Emission from the Circum-Galactic Medium of High-Redshift Galaxies

N. Sravan, C. -A. Faucher-Giguere, F. van de Voort +6

We use cosmological simulations from the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) project, which implement a comprehensive set of stellar feedback processes, to study ultra-violet…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 38 cited

ALMA Imprint of Intergalactic Dark Structures in the Gravitational Lens SDP.81

Kaiki Taro Inoue, Takeo Minezaki, Satoki Matsushita +1

We present an analysis of the ALMA long baseline science verification data of the gravitational lens system SDP.81. We fit the positions of the brightest clumps at redshift z=3.042…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 43 cited

Dust processing in elliptical galaxies

Hiroyuki Hirashita, Takaya Nozawa, Alexa Villaume +1

We reconsider the origin and processing of dust in elliptical galaxies. We theoretically formulate the evolution of grain size distribution, taking into account dust supply from as…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 50 cited

The Stripe 82 Massive Galaxy Project I: Catalog Construction

Kevin Bundy, Alexie Leauthaud, Shun Saito +7

The Stripe 82 Massive Galaxy Catalog (S82-MGC) is the largest-volume stellar mass-limited sample of galaxies beyond z~1 constructed to date. Spanning 139.4 deg2, the S82-MGC includ…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 10 cited

Clustering of the AKARI NEP Deep Field 24 m selected galaxies

A. Solarz, A. Pollo, T. T. Takeuchi +13

We present a method of selection of 24~m galaxies from the AKARI North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) Deep Field down to $150 \mbox{ }μ$Jy and measurements of their two-point correlation f…