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astro-ph.GA2009★ 54 cited

Fragmentation and Evolution of Molecular Clouds. II: The Effect of Dust Heating

Andrea Urban, Hugo Martel, Neal J. Evans

We investigate the effect of heating by luminosity sources in a simulation of clustered star formation. Our heating method involves a simplified continuum radiative transfer method…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 29 cited

The BLAST Survey of the Vela Molecular Cloud: Physical Properties of the Dense Cores in Vela-D

Luca Olmi, Peter A. R. Ade, Daniel Angles-Alcazar +34

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) carried out a 250, 350 and 500 micron survey of the galactic plane encompassing the Vela Molecular Ridge, with the…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 84 cited

The Dust Emissivity Spectral Index in the Starless Core TMC-1C

Scott Schnee, Melissa Enoch, Alberto Noriega-Crespo +10

In this paper we present a dust emission map of the starless core TMC-1C taken at 2100 microns. Along with maps at 160, 450, 850 and 1200 microns, we study the dust emissivity spec…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 50 cited

Spitzer and HHT observations of starless cores: masses and environments

Amelia M. Stutz, George H. Rieke, John H. Bieging +6

We present Spitzer observations of a sample of 12 starless cores selected to have prominent 24 micron shadows. The Spitzer images show 8 and 24 micron shadows and in some cases 70…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 44 cited

The Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey - III: Distances and Luminosities

J. D. Pandian, K. M. Menten, P. F. Goldsmith

We derive kinematic distances to the 86 6.7 GHz methanol masers discovered in the Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey. The systemic velocities of the sources were derived…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 25 cited

BLAST05: Power Spectra of Bright Galactic Cirrus at Submillimeter Wavelengths

Arabindo Roy, Peter A. R. Ade, James J. Bock +25

We report multi-wavelength power spectra of diffuse Galactic dust emission from BLAST observations at 250, 350, and 500 microns in Galactic Plane fields in Cygnus X and Aquila. The…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 70 cited

Rotational spectra of isotopic species of methyl cyanide, CHCN, in their ground vibrational states up to terahertz frequencies

Holger S. P. Müller, Brian J. Drouin, John C. Pearson

Methyl cyanide is an important trace molecule in star-forming regions. It is one of the more common molecules used to derive kinetic temperatures in such sources. As preparatory wo…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 251 cited

The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey -- II. Catalog of the Image Data

Erik Rosolowsky, Miranda K. Dunham, Adam Ginsburg +13

We present a catalog of 8358 sources extracted from images produced by the Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS). The BGPS is a survey of the millimeter dust continuum emission from…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 43 cited

Testing Molecular-Cloud Fragmentation Theories: Self-Consistent Analysis of OH Zeeman Observations

Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias, Konstantinos Tassis

The ambipolar-diffusion theory of star formation predicts the formation of fragments in molecular clouds with mass-to-flux ratios greater than that of the parent-cloud envelope. By…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 17 cited

X-rays from the Power Sources of the Cepheus A Star-Forming Region

S. H. Pravdo, Y. Tsuboi, A. Uzawa +1

We report an observation of X-ray emission from the exciting region of Cepheus A with the Chandra/ACIS instrument. What had been an unresolved X-ray source comprising the putative…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 46 cited

Statistical Assessment of Shapes and Magnetic Field Orientations in Molecular Clouds through Polarization Observations

K. Tassis, C. D. Dowell, R. H. Hildebrand +2

We present a novel statistical analysis aimed at deriving the intrinsic shapes and magnetic field orientations of molecular clouds using dust emission and polarization observations…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 17 cited

Debris discs around nearby Solar analogues

J. S. Greaves, M. C. Wyatt, G. Bryden

An unbiased search for debris discs around nearby Sun-like stars is reported. Thirteen G-dwarfs at 12-15 parsecs distance were searched at 850 $\umu$m wavelength, and a disc is con…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 33 cited

Temperature Profiles and the Effect of AGN on Submillimeter Emission from BLAST Observations of Resolved Galaxies

Donald V. Wiebe, Peter A. R. Ade, James J. Bock +24

Over the course of two flights, the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) made resolved maps of seven nearby (<25 Mpc) galaxies at 250, 350, and 500 microns.…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 114 cited

Simultaneous Multi-Wavelength Observations of Sgr A* during 2007 April 1-11

F. Yusef-Zadeh, H. Bushouse, M. Wardle +18

We report the detection of variable emission from Sgr A* in almost all wavelength bands (i.e. centimeter, millimeter, submillimeter, near-IR and X-rays) during a multi-wavelength o…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 71 cited

Evidence for dust evolution within the Taurus Complex from Spitzer images

N. Flagey, A. Noriega-Crespo, F. Boulanger +9

We present Spitzer images of the Taurus Complex (TC) and take advantage of the sensitivity and spatial resolution of the observations to characterize the diffuse IR emission across…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 29 cited

Deep JHKs and Spitzer Imaging of Four Isolated Molecular Cloud Cores

Nicholas L. Chapman, Lee G. Mundy

We present observations in eight wavebands from 1.25-24 microns of four dense cores: L204C-2, L1152, L1155C-2, and L1228. Our goals are to study the YSO population of these cores a…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 19 cited

Sculpting an AGB Mass-Loss Envelope into a Bipolar Planetary Nebula: High-Velocity Outflows in V Hydrae

Raghvendra Sahai, Ben E. K. Sugerman, Kenneth Hinkle

We have carried out high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the carbon star V Hya, covering the 4.6 micron band of CO. These data, taken over 7 epochs, show that the circumst…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 2 cited

Radio continuum emission and water masers towards CB 54

I. de Gregorio-Monsalvo, J. F. Gomez, G. Anglada +4

We present high angular resolution observations of water masers at 1.3 cm and radio continuum emission at 1.3, 3.6 and 6 cm towards the Bok globule CB 54 using the Very Large Array…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 51 cited

The North American and Pelican Nebulae I. IRAC Observations

S. Guieu, L. M. Rebull, J. R. Stauffer +8

We present a 9 deg^2 map of the North American and Pelican Nebulae regions obtained in all four IRAC channels with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The resulting photometry is merged w…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 85 cited

BLAST: The Mass Function, Lifetimes, and Properties of Intermediate Mass Cores from a 50 Square Degree Submillimeter Galactic Survey in Vela (l = ~265)

Calvin. B. Netterfield, Peter A. R. Ade, James J. Bock +24

We present first results from an unbiased 50 deg^2 submillimeter Galactic survey at 250, 350, and 500 micron from the 2006 flight of the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 19 cited

Long-term photometric monitoring with the Mercator telescope. Frequencies and multicolour amplitudes of Doradus stars

J. Cuypers, C. Aerts, P. De Cat +21

Gamma Doradus stars are excellent targets for asteroseismology since the gravity modes present in these stars probe the deep stellar interiors. Mode identification will improve the…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 17 cited

Imaging faint brown dwarf companions close to bright stars with a small, well-corrected telescope aperture

E. Serabyn, D. Mawet, E. Bloemhof +4

We have used our 1.6 m diameter off-axis well-corrected sub-aperture (WCS) on the Palomar Hale telescope in concert with a small inner-working-angle (IWA) phase-mask coronagraph to…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 5 cited

Probing Stellar Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei

M. Coleman Miller, Tal Alexander, Pau Amaro-Seoane +7

Electromagnetic observations over the last 15 years have yielded a growing appreciation for the importance of supermassive black holes (SMBH) to the evolution of galaxies, and for…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 124 cited

A submillimetre galaxy at z=4.76 in the LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South

Kristen Coppin, Ian Smail, David M. Alexander +30

We report on the identification of the highest redshift submm-selected source currently known: LESSJ033229.4-275619. This source was detected in the Large Apex BOlometer CAmera (LA…