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astro-ph.GA2019★ 12 cited

The GBT Diffuse Ionized Gas Survey: Tracing the Diffuse Ionized Gas around the Giant HII Region W43

Matteo Luisi, L. D. Anderson, Bin Liu +4

The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) Diffuse Ionized Gas Survey (GDIGS) is a fully-sampled radio recombination line (RRL) survey of the inner Galaxy at C-band (4-8 GHz). We average toget…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 70 cited

Metallicity Structure in the Milky Way Disk Revealed by Galactic HII Regions

Trey V. Wenger, Dana S. Balser, L. D. Anderson +1

The metallicity structure of the Milky Way disk stems from the chemodynamical evolutionary history of the Galaxy. We use the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Karl G. Jansky Ver…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 10 cited

The Interaction Between the Supernova Remnant W41 and the Filamentary Infrared Dark Cloud G23.33-0.30

Taylor G. Hogge, James M. Jackson, David Allingham +6

G23.33-0.30 is a 600 infrared dark molecular filament that exhibits large NH velocity dispersions () and bright, narrow NH(3,3) line…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 30 cited

On the size of the CO-depletion radius in the IRDC G351.77-0.51

G. Sabatini, A. Giannetti, S. Bovino +5

An estimate of the degree of CO-depletion () provides information on the physical conditions occurring in the innermost and densest regions of molecular clouds. A key paramete…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 55 cited

Formation of Massive Protostellar Clusters -- Observations of Massive 70 m Dark Molecular Clouds

Shanghuo Li, Qizhou Zhang, Thushara Pillai +3

We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of seven massive molecular clumps which are dark in the far-infrared for wavelengths up to 70 m. Our 1.3 mm continuum images re…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.7k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present measurements of the properties of the central radio source in M87 using Event Horizon Telescope data obtained during the 2017 campaign. We develop and fit geometric cres…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.5k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has mapped the central compact radio source of the elliptical galaxy M87 at 1.3 mm with unprecedented angular resolution. Here we consider the phy…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1.5k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present the first Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) images of M87, using observations from April 2017 at 1.3 mm wavelength. These images show a prominent ring with a diameter of ~40…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 884 cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. III. Data Processing and Calibration

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present the calibration and reduction of Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) 1.3mm radio wavelength observations of the supermassive black hole candidate at the center of the radio ga…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 4.3k cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

When surrounded by a transparent emission region, black holes are expected to reveal a dark shadow caused by gravitational light bending and photon capture at the event horizon. To…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 9 cited

Probing the initial conditions of high-mass star formation. III. Fragmentation and triggered star formation

Chuan-Peng Zhang, Timea Csengeri, Friedrich Wyrowski +6

Massive clumps tend to fragment into clusters of cores and condensations, some of which form high-mass stars. In this work, we study the structure of massive clumps at different sc…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 47 cited

A new class of pulsating hot subdwarfs

Thomas Kupfer, Evan B. Bauer, Kevin B. Burdge +22

Using high-cadence observations from the Zwicky Transient Facility at low Galactic latitudes, we have discovered a new class of pulsating, hot, compact stars. We have found four ca…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 19 cited

Time dependent spectral modeling of Markarian 421 during a violent outburst in 2010

B. Banerjee, M. Joshi, P. Majumdar +3

We present the results of extensive modeling of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the closest blazar (z=0.031) Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) during a giant outburst in February…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 14 cited

LOFAR observations of 4C+19.44. On the discovery of low frequency spectral curvature in relativistic jet knots

D. E. Harris, J. Moldón, J. R. R. Oonk +5

We present the first LOFAR observations of the radio jet in the quasar 4C+19.44 (a.k.a. PKS 1354+19) obtained with the long baselines. The achieved resolution is very well matched…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 210 cited

RELICS: Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey

Dan Coe, Brett Salmon, Marusa Bradac +54

Large surveys of galaxy clusters with the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, including CLASH and the Frontier Fields, have demonstrated the power of strong gravitational lensing…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 55 cited

Star Formation Rates of Massive Molecular Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone

Xing Lu, Qizhou Zhang, Jens Kauffmann +8

We investigate star formation at very early evolutionary phases in five massive clouds in the inner 500 pc of the Galaxy, the Central Molecular Zone. Using interferometer observati…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 107 cited

'The Brick' is not a brick: A comprehensive study of the structure and dynamics of the Central Molecular Zone cloud G0.253+0.016

J. D. Henshaw, A. Ginsburg, T. J. Haworth +19

In this paper we provide a comprehensive description of the internal dynamics of G0.253+0.016 (a.k.a. 'the Brick'); one of the most massive and dense molecular clouds in the Galaxy…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 52 cited

Massive and low-mass protostars in massive "starless" cores

Thushara Pillai, Jens Kauffmann, Qizhou Zhang +5

The infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) G11.110.12 and G28.340.06 are two of the best-studied IRDCs in our Galaxy. These two clouds host clumps at different stages of evolution, inc…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 23 cited

A timeline for massive star-forming regions via combined observation of o-HD and ND

A. Giannetti, S. Bovino, P. Caselli +6

Context: In cold and dense gas prior to the formation of young stellar objects, heavy molecular species (including CO) are accreted onto dust grains. Under these conditions H…