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astro-ph.GA2013★ 36 cited

Do Most Active Galactic Nuclei Live in High Star Formation Nuclear Cusps?

Richard F. Mushotzky, T. Taro Shimizu, Marcio Melendez +1

We present early results of the Herschel PACS (70 and 160 \micron{}) and SPIRE (250, 350, and 500 \micron{}) survey of 313 low redshift (), ultra-hard X-ray (14--195…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 29 cited

Spaxel Analysis: Probing the Physics of Star Formation in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

Michael A. Dopita, Jeffrey Rich, Frédéric P. A. Vogt +5

This paper presents a detailed spectral pixel (spaxel) analysis of the ten Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs) previously observed with the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS), an integ…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 4 cited

The Keplerian orbit of G2

L. Meyer, A. M. Ghez, G. Witzel +8

We give an update of the observations and analysis of G2 - the gaseous red emission-line object that is on a very eccentric orbit around the Galaxy's central black hole and predict…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 33 cited

A Direct Stellar Metallicity Determination in the Disk of the Maser Galaxy NGC4258

Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Miguel A. Urbaneja, J. Zachary Gazak +4

We present the first direct determination of a stellar metallicity in the spiral galaxy NGC4258 (D=7.6 Mpc) based on the quantitative analysis of a low-resolution (~5 AE) Keck LRIS…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 51 cited

Pillars and globules at the edges of H ii regions, Confronting Herschel observations and numerical simulations

P. Tremblin, V. Minier, N. Schneider +24

Pillars and globules are present in many high-mass star-forming regions, such as the Eagle nebula (M16) and the Rosette molecular cloud, and understanding their origin will help ch…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 80 cited

3D stellar kinematics at the Galactic center: measuring the nuclear star cluster spatial density profile, black hole mass, and distance

T. Do, G. D. Martinez, S. Yelda +6

We present 3D kinematic observations of stars within the central 0.5 pc of the Milky Way nuclear star cluster using adaptive optics imaging and spectroscopy from the Keck telescope…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 113 cited

Quantifying Observational Projection Effects Using Molecular Cloud Simulations

Christopher N. Beaumont, Stella S. R. Offner, Rahul Shetty +2

The physical properties of molecular clouds are often measured using spectral-line observations, which provide the only probes of the clouds' velocity structure. It is hard, though…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 79 cited

Herschel/PACS Survey of protoplanetary disks in Taurus/Auriga -- Observations of [OI] and [CII], and far infrared continuum

Christian D. Howard, Göran Sandell, William D. Vacca +17

The Herschel Space Observatory was used to observe ~ 120 pre-main-sequence stars in Taurus as part of the GASPS Open Time Key project. PACS was used to measure the continuum as wel…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 46 cited

Towards a complete stellar mass function of the Hyades. I. Pan-STARRS1 optical observations of the low-mass stellar content

B. Goldman, S. Röser, E. Schilbach +16

The Hyades cluster is an ideal target to study the dynamical evolution of a star cluster over the entire mass range due to its intermediate age and proximity to the Sun. We wanted…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 33 cited

A SCUBA-2 850 micron survey of protoplanetary discs in the sigma Orionis cluster

Jonathan P. Williams, Lucas A. Cieza, Sean M. Andrews +8

We present the results from a large 850 micron survey of the sigma Orionis cluster using the SCUBA-2 camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. The 0.5-degree diameter circular r…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 1 cited

Millimetric and sub-millimetric observations of IRAS 05327+3404 "Holoea" in M36

O. Morata, Y. J. Kuan, P. T. P. Ho +3

The transition between the proto-star, Class I, and the pre-main sequence star, Class II, phases is still one of the most uncertain, and important, stages in the knowledge of the p…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 91 cited

Keck Observations of the Galactic Center Source G2: Gas Cloud or Star?

K. Phifer, T. Do, L. Meyer +8

We present new observations and analysis of G2 - the intriguing red emission-line object which is quickly approaching the Galaxy's central black hole. The observations were obtaine…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 9 cited

Ionized Gas Kinematics at High Resolution. II: Discovery of a Double Infrared Cluster in II Zw 40

Sara Beck, Jean Turner, John Lacy +2

The nearby dwarf galaxy II Zw 40 hosts an intense starburst. At the center of the starburst is a bright compact radio and infrared source, thought to be a giant dense HII region co…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 111 cited

A 1.1 to 1.9 GHz SETI Survey of the Kepler Field: I. A Search for Narrow-band Emission from Select Targets

Andrew P. V. Siemion, Paul Demorest, Eric Korpela +8

We present a targeted search for narrow-band (< 5 Hz) drifting sinusoidal radio emission from 86 stars in the Kepler field hosting confirmed or candidate exoplanets. Radio emission…