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astro-ph.GA2026

Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR). IX. Radiative Torque Alignment and Disruption in NGC6334I

Vineet Rawat, Thiem Hoang, Patricio Sanhueza +18

Intense radiation from high-mass stars is expected to significantly affect dust grain alignment and evolution through RAdiative Torques (RATs). We investigate this effect in a mass…

astro-ph.GA2026

A multi-wavelength study of nearby starburst galaxy M 82

Nilkanth Vagshette, Satish S. Sonkamble, Madhav Patil +2

We present a multi-wavelength study of the nearby starburst galaxy M 82 by combining high-resolution Far-ultraviolet (FUV) imaging from the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on…

astro-ph.GA2025

FIRESTORM I: Stellar Feedback and Gas Kinematics in the Evolved W40 Hub-Filament System

Ming-Kang Lim, Ram K. Yadav, L. K. Dewangan +12

The FIRESTORM project--Feedback-Induced Regions and Emission from Star-forming Tracers of ObseRvable Molecular Gas--has targeted four star-forming regions to quantify the impact of…

astro-ph.GA2025

Discovery of a rich population of compact hub-filament systems in a single star-forming complex

L. K. Dewangan, Ram K. Yadav, Saurabh Sharma +4

We report the discovery of 45 compact hub-filament systems (HFSs; median size 2.4 pc) in infrared-dark clouds (IRDCs) in the W33 complex, located at the junction of the Scutu…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoabsorption Spectra of Icy Isoprene and its Oligomers

R Ramachandran, S Pavithraa, J K Meka +8

Isoprene and its oligomers, terpenes, are expected to be present, along with other complex organic molecules, in the diverse environments of the ISM and in our solar system. Due to…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

A misaligned protostellar disk fed by gas streamers in a barred spiral-like massive dense core

Xiaofeng Mai, Tie Liu, Xunchuan Liu +42

High-mass stars, born in massive dense cores (MDCs), profoundly impact the cosmic ecosystem through feedback processes and metal enrichment, yet little is known about how MDCs asse…

astro-ph.GA2025

Characterizing the interplay between Galactic star formation and ionization feedback with PRIMA

Annie Zavagno, Delphine Russeil, Paolo Suin +13

Recent results from the James Webb Space Telescope show that nearby spiral galaxies are dominated by the presence of H I and H II bubbles that strongly shape their surrounding medi…

astro-ph.GA2025

Star formation efficiency and scaling relations in parsec-scale cluster-forming clumps

V. Rawat, M. R. Samal, A. Zavagno +5

Numerical simulations predict that clumps (1 pc) should form stars at high efficiency to produce bound star clusters. We conducted a statistical study of 17 nearby cluster-fo…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Molecular and Atomic Hydrogen Gas Content of the Boötes Void galaxy CG 910

Ekta Sharma, Prerana Biswas, Mousumi Das +1

Void galaxies are located in the most underdense environments of the Universe, where the number density of galaxies is extremely low. They are, hence, good targets for studying the…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 11 cited

The ALMA-ATOMS survey: Vibrationally excited HCN lines in hot cores

Li Chen, Sheng-Li Qin, Tie Liu +26

Interstellar molecules are excellent tools for studying the physical and chemical environments of massive star-forming regions. In particular, vibrationally excited HCN (HC…

astro-ph.GA2025

Research on the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in the Galaxy: An Indian Perspective

Bhaswati Mookerjea, Maheswar G., Kinsuk Acharyya +24

Although the star formation process has been studied for decades, many important aspects of the physics involved remain unsolved. Recent advancement of instrumentation in the infra…

astro-ph.GA2025

Evidence for the gravity-driven and magnetically-regularized gas flows feeding the massive protostellar cluster in Cepheus A

Panigrahy Sandhyarani, Chakali Eswaraiah, Di Li +8

The hierarchical interplay among gravity, magnetic fields, and turbulence in forming massive protostellar clusters remains elusive. We present high-resolution (14 arcsec $\si…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 7 cited

JWST-ALMA Study of a Hub-Filament System in the Nascent Phase

N. K. Bhadari, L. K. Dewangan, O. R. Jadhav +7

Star clusters, including high-mass stars, form within hub-filament systems (HFSs). Observations of HFSs that remain unaffected by feedback from embedded stars are rare yet crucial…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

Fate and detectability of rare gas hydride ions in nova ejecta: A case study with nova templates

Milan Sil, Ankan Das, Ramkrishna Das +6

HeH was the first heteronuclear molecule to form in the metal-free Universe after the Big Bang. The molecule gained significant attention following its first circumstellar dete…

astro-ph.GA2024

Peering into the Heart of the Giant Molecular Cloud G148.24+00.41: A Deep Near-infrared View of the Newly Hatched Cluster FSR 655

Vineet Rawat, M. R. Samal, D. K. Ojha +5

We present a detailed near-infrared study of an embedded cluster located in the hub of the giant molecular cloud G148.24+00.41 of mass 10 , with the TANSPEC inst…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

Linear polarization study of open clusters towards the anticenter direction: Signature of the spiral arms

Namita Uppal, Shashikiran Ganesh, Vincent Pelgrims +2

Our objective is to investigate the distribution of dust and associated large-scale structures of the Galaxy using optical linear polarization measurements of various open clusters…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 7 cited

X-ray spectral properties of dust-obscured galaxies in the XMM-SERVS coverage of the XMM-LSS field

Abhijit Kayal, Veeresh Singh

With an aim to unveil the population of obscured AGN hosted in high- dust-obscured galaxies (DOGs), we performed X-ray spectral study of DOGs ( $4.6…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Giant Molecular Cloud G148.24+00.41: Gas Properties, Kinematics, and Cluster Formation at the Nexus of Filamentary Flows

Vineet Rawat, M. R. Samal, D. L. Walker +9

Filamentary flows toward the centre of molecular clouds have been recognized as a crucial process in the formation and evolution of stellar clusters. In this paper, we present a co…

astro-ph.GA2024

Understanding the relative importance of magnetic field, gravity, and turbulence in star formation at the hub of the giant molecular cloud G148.24+00.41

Vineet Rawat, M. R. Samal, Chakali Eswaraiah +10

The relative importance of magnetic fields, turbulence, and gravity in the early phases of star formation is still not well understood. We report the first high-resolution dust pol…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 20 cited

Warp and flare of the old Galactic disc as traced by the red clump stars

Namita Uppal, Shashikiran Ganesh, Mathias Schultheis

Our study aims to investigate the outer disc structure of the Milky Way galaxy using the red clump (RC) stars. We analysed the distribution of the largest sample of RC stars to dat…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 43 cited

Direct observational evidence of the multi-scale, dynamical mass accretion toward a high-mass star forming hub-filament system

Dongting Yang, Hong-Li Liu, Anandmayee Tej +28

There is growing evidence that high-mass star formation and hub-filament systems (HFS) are intricately linked. The gas kinematics along the filaments and the forming high-mass star…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

ALMA Survey of Orion Planck Galactic Cold Clumps (ALMASOP): A forming quadruple system with continuum `ribbons' and intricate outflows

Qiu-yi Luo, Tie Liu, Aaron T. Lee +31

One of the most poorly understood aspects of low-mass star formation is how multiple-star systems are formed. Here we present the results of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 14 cited

AFGL 5180 and AFGL 6366S: sites of hub-filament systems at the opposite edges of a filamentary cloud

A. K. Maity, L. K. Dewangan, N. K. Bhadari +3

We present a multi-scale and multi-wavelength study to unveil massive star formation (MSF) processes around sites AFGL 5180, and AFGL 6366S, both hosting a Class II 6.7 GHz methano…

astro-ph.GA2023

Investigating star formation activity in the Sh 2-61 H II region

Rakesh Pandey, Saurabh Sharma, Lokesh Dewangan +4

Using the multiwavelength data sets, we studied the star formation activity in H II region Sh 2-61 (hereafter S61). We identified a clustering in the region and estimated the membe…