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astro-ph.GA2017★ 78 cited

First detection of interstellar S2H

Asunción Fuente, Javier R. Goicoechea, Jerome Pety +11

We present the first detection of gas phase S2H in the Horsehead, a moderately UV-irradiated nebula. This confirms the presence of doubly sulfuretted species in the interstellar me…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 35 cited

Far-infrared observations of a massive cluster forming in the Monoceros R2 filament hub

T. S. M. Rayner, M. J. Griffin, N. Schneider +29

We present far-infrared observations of Monoceros R2 (a giant molecular cloud at approximately 830 pc distance, containing several sites of active star formation), as observed at 7…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 15 cited

Probing the baryon cycle of galaxies with SPICA mid- and far-infrared observations

F. F. S. van der Tak, S. C. Madden, P. Roelfsema +29

The SPICA mid and far-infrared telescope will address fundamental issues in our understanding of star formation and ISM physics in galaxies. A particular hallmark of SPICA is the o…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 41 cited

Galaxy evolution studies with the SPace IR telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA): the power of IR spectroscopy

L. Spinoglio, A. Alonso-Herrero, L. Armus +65

IR spectroscopy in the range 12-230 micron with the SPace IR telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) will reveal the physical processes that govern the formation and evolu…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 16 cited

SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust

J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros, L. Armus, M. Baes +33

The physical processes driving the chemical evolution of galaxies in the last cannot be understood without directly probing the dust-obscured phase of star-for…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 31 cited

Methyl isocyanate CH3NCO: An important missing organic in current astrochemical networks

Liton Majumdar, Jean-Christophe Loison, Maxime Ruaud +3

Methyl isocyanate (CH3NCO) is one of the important complex organic molecules detected on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by Rosetta's Philae lander. It was also detected in hot…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 2 cited

The ALMA view of UV irradiated cloud edges: unexpected structures and processes

Javier R. Goicoechea, S. Cuadrado, J. Pety +8

Far-UV photons (E<13.6 eV) from hot massive stars regulate, or at least influence, the heating, ionization, and chemistry of most of the neutral interstellar medium. Investigating…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 157 cited

Multi-temperature mapping of dust structures throughout the Galactic Plane using the PPMAP tool with Herschel Hi-GAL data

K. A. Marsh, A. P. Whitworth, O. Lomax +13

We describe new Hi-GAL based maps of the entire Galactic Plane, obtained using continuum data in the wavelength range 70-500 m. These maps are derived with the PPMAP procedure,…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 32 cited

A new study of the chemical structure of the Horsehead nebula: the influence of grain-surface chemistry

Romane Le Gal, Eric Herbst, Gwenaelle Dufour +4

A wide variety of molecules have recently been detected in the Horsehead nebula photodissociation region (PDR) suggesting that: (i) gas-phase and grain chemistries should both cont…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 7 cited

First detection of THz water maser in NGC7538-IRS1 with SOFIA and new 22 GHz e-MERLIN maps

F. Herpin, A. Baudry, A. M. S. Richards +7

The formation of massive stars is still not well understood. Accumulating a large amount of mass infalling within a single entity in spite of radiation pressure is possible if, amo…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 45 cited

Spatially resolved images of reactive ions in the Orion Bar

Javier R. Goicoechea, S. Cuadrado, J. Pety +6

We report high angular resolution (4.9" x 3.0") images of reactive ions SH+, HOC+, and SO+ toward the Orion Bar photodissociation region (PDR). We used ALMA-ACA to map several rota…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 119 cited

Planet Formation in AB Aurigae: Imaging of the inner gaseous Spirals observed inside the Dust Cavity

Ya-Wen Tang, Stephane Guilloteau, Anne Dutrey +13

We report the results of ALMA observations of a protoplanetary disk surrounding the Herbig Ae star AB Aurigae. We obtained high-resolution (0.1"; 14 au) images in CO (J=2-1)…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 50 cited

State-to-state chemistry and rotational excitation of CH in photon-dominated regions

A. Faure, P. Halvick, T. Stoecklin +9

We present a detailed theoretical study of the rotational excitation of CH due to reactive and nonreactive collisions involving C, H, CH, H and free electrons.…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 222 cited

On the reservoir of sulphur in dark clouds : chemistry and elemental abundance reconciled

Thomas H. G. Vidal, Jean-Christophe Loison, Adam Yassin Jaziri +3

Sulphur-bearing species are often used to probe the physical structure of star forming regions of the interstellar medium, but the chemistry of sulphur in these regions is still po…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 95 cited

The earliest phases of high-mass star formation, as seen in NGC 6334 by \emph{Herschel}

J. Tigé, F. Motte, D. Russeil +33

To constrain models of high-mass star formation, the Herschel/HOBYS KP aims at discovering massive dense cores (MDCs) able to host the high-mass analogs of low-mass prestellar core…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 86 cited

ALMA survey of massive cluster progenitors from ATLASGAL. Limited fragmentation at the early evolutionary stage of massive clumps

T. Csengeri, S. Bontemps, F. Wyrowski +18

The early evolution of massive cluster progenitors is poorly understood. We investigate the fragmentation properties from 0.3 pc to 0.06 pc scales of a homogenous sample of infrare…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 28 cited

Herschel observations of the Galactic HII region RCW 79

Hong-Li Liu, Miguel Figueira, Annie Zavagno +12

Triggered star formation around HII regions could be an important process. The Galactic HII region RCW 79 is a prototypical object for triggered high-mass star formation. We take a…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 21 cited

A study of singly deuterated cyclopropenylidene c-C3HD in protostar IRAS 16293-2422

L. Majumdar, P. Gratier, I. Andron +2

Cyclic-C3HD (c-C3HD) is a singly deuterated isotopologue of c-C3H2, which is one of the most abundant and widespread molecules in our Galaxy. We observed IRAS 16293-2422 in the 3 m…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 238 cited

Binding energies: new values and impact on the efficiency of chemical desorption

V. Wakelam, J. -C. Loison, R. Mereau +1

Recent laboratory measurements have confirmed that chemical desorption (desorption of products due to exothermic surface reactions) can be an efficient process. The impact of inclu…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 20 cited

The Possibility of Forming Propargyl Alcohol in the Interstellar Medium

Prasanta Gorai, Ankan Das, Liton Majumdar +3

Propargyl alcohol (HC2CH2OH, PA) has yet to be observed in the interstellar medium (ISM) although one of its stable isomers, propenal (CH2CHCHO), has already been detected in Sagit…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 128 cited

SEDIGISM: Structure, excitation, and dynamics of the inner Galactic interstellar medium

F. Schuller, T. Csengeri, J. S. Urquhart +41

The origin and life-cycle of molecular clouds are still poorly constrained, despite their importance for understanding the evolution of the interstellar medium. We have carried out…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 53 cited

Dissecting the molecular structure of the Orion B cloud: Insight from Principal Component Analysis

Pierre Gratier, Emeric Bron, Maryvonne Gerin +12

Context. The combination of wideband receivers and spectrometers currently available in (sub-)millimeter observatories deliver wide- field hyperspectral imaging of the interstellar…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 105 cited

Turbulence and star formation efficiency in molecular clouds: solenoidal versus compressive motions in Orion B

Jan H. Orkisz, Jérôme Pety, Maryvonne Gerin +13

The nature of turbulence in molecular clouds is one of the key parameters that control star formation efficiency: compressive motions, as opposed to solenoidal motions, can trigger…