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astro-ph.GA2026

SMGPS: A study of Galactic HII regions with extended morphology

Athanaseus J. T. Ramaila, Mark A. Thompson, Oleg M. Smirnov +7

We present a study of ionised hydrogen () regions in the Galactic Plane using data from the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey (SMGPS). The SMPG…

astro-ph.GA2026

Determination of kinematic distances of WISE & SMGPS H II regions in the Galactic plane using SEDIGISM cloud association

Moses Langa, Mark Thompson, Andrew Rigby +7

One of the fundamental requirements for studying and understanding Galactic structure and massive star formation is accurate distances to H II regions. However, most distance assig…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The Influential Roles of Gravity, Turbulence, and Magnetic Fields in Shaping the Physical Evolution of Dense Massive Clumps

Moses Onyemaechi Asogwa, Seblu Humne Negu, Gemechu Muleta Kumssa +1

We explore the roles of the three competitors, namely, gravity, turbulence, and magnetic fields, in controlling star formation (SF) within dense, massive clumps identified in the A…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

H II regions and supernova remnants associated with molecular clouds: A pilot study with the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey

Moses O. Langa, Mark A. Thompson, Andrew J. Rigby +5

Massive stars (mass beyond 8 solMass) release vast amounts of energy into the interstellar medium through their stellar winds, photoionising radiation and supernova explosions. The…

astro-ph.GA2025

Investigating star formation scenarios in the Milky Way using YSO distributions -- A pilot study

Annarien G. Headley, James O. Chibueze

We investigated the distributions of classified young stellar object (YSO) in nine star-forming regions associated with Hii regions, namely Sh2-22, Sh2-19, Sh2-17, M16, M8, IC5070,…

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★ 7 cited

The SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey extended source catalogue

C. Bordiu, S. Riggi, F. Bufano +18

We present a catalogue of extended radio sources from the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey (SMGPS). Compiled from 56 survey tiles and covering approximately 500 deg across t…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -- XIX. The origin of SiO emission

Rong Liu, Tie Liu, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra +23

The production of silicon monoxide (SiO) can be considered as a fingerprint of shock interaction. In this work, we use high-sensitivity observations of the SiO (2-1) and HCO…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 17 cited

Supernova Remnant Candidates Discovered by the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey

L. D. Anderson, F. Camilo, Timothy Faerber +13

Context. Sensitive radio continuum data could remove the difference between the number of known supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Galaxy compared to that expected, but due to confus…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Identifying the Mechanisms of Water Maser Variability During the Accretion Burst in NGC6334I

Jakobus M. Vorster, James O. Chibueze, Tomoya Hirota +5

HMYSOs gain most of their mass in short bursts of accretion. Maser emission is an invaluable tool in discovering and probing accretion bursts. We observed the 22 GHz water maser re…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 38 cited

The VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey: Completion of the observations and legacy

R. K. Saito, M. Hempel, J. Alonso-García +143

The ESO public survey VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) surveyed the inner Galactic bulge and the adjacent southern Galactic disk from . Upon its conclusion, the c…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

MeerKAT and ALMA view of the AGAL045.804-0.356 clump

Mavis Seidu, J. O. Chibueze, Gary A. Fuller +2

This study presents a detailed analysis of the GAL045.804-0.356 massive star-forming clump. A high-angular resolution and sensitivity observations were conducted using MeerKAT at 1…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

Searching for globular clusters in the inner halo of the Circinus galaxy

C. O. Obasi, M. Gomez, D. Minniti +3

In this study, we search for Globular Clusters (GCs) in the inner halo of the Circinus galaxy using a combination of observational data. Our dataset includes observations from the…

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★ 2 cited

Ammonia mapping observations of the Galactic infrared bubble N49: Three NH clumps along the molecular filament

Mikito Kohno, James O. Chibueze, Ross A. Burns +9

We have carried out the NH and mapping observations toward the Galactic infrared bubble N49 (G28.83-0.25) using the Nobeyama 45 m telescope. Three…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

The globular cluster system of the nearest Seyfert II galaxy Circinus

C. Obasi, M. Gómez, D. Minniti +7

Context. The globular cluster (GC) system of Circinus galaxy has not been probed previously partly because of the location of the galaxy at - 3.8 Galactic latitude which su…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 15 cited

The evolution of the H2O maser emission in the accretion burst source G358.93-0.03

O. S. Bayandina, C. L. Brogan, R. A. Burns +10

The massive young stellar object (MYSO) G358.93-0.03-MM1 showed an extraordinary near-infrared- to (sub-)millimetre-dark and far-infrared-loud accretion burst, which is closely ass…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

Ammonia mapping observations toward the Galactic massive star-forming region Sh 2-255 and Sh 2-257

Mikito Kohno, Toshihiro Omodaka, Toshihiro Handa +9

We performed NH and mapping observations toward the Galactic massive star-forming region Sh 2-255 and Sh 2-257 using the Nobeyama 45-m telescope as…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 3 cited

On the Evolution of Seyfert galaxies, BL Lacertae objects and Flat-spectrum radio quasars

Evaristus U. Iyida, Christian I. Eze, Finbarr C. Odo

The concept of the evolutionary sequence of jetted active galactic nuclei (AGNs) has been challenged in the last few decades since AGN subclasses are considered to be different due…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 130 cited

The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey I. Survey Overview and Highlights

K. Knowles, W. D. Cotton, L. Rudnick +148

MeerKAT's large number of antennas, spanning 8 km with a densely packed 1 km core, create a powerful instrument for wide-area surveys, with high sensitivity over a wide range of an…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 7 cited

Orientation effect on the ligh curve shape of periodic methanol maser sources

J. Morgan, D. J. van der Walt, J. O. Chibueze +1

We report the results of our pilot millimeter observations of periodic maser sources. Using SMA, we carried out 1.3\,mm observations of G22.3570.066 and G25.4110.105, while A…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 3 cited

On the Unified View of Extragalactic Sources based on their Broadband Emission Properties

E. U. Iyida, I. O. Eya, F. C. Odo

Our understanding of the unification of jetted AGNs has advanced greatly as the size of extragalactic sources increased. In the present paper, based on the large sample of radio so…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 4 cited

Massive Protocluster of a Periodic Maser Source G188.95+0.89

M. M. Mutie, J. O. Chibueze, K. El Bouchefry +3

We report the results of ongoing monitoring of the 6.7 GHz CHOH masers associated with G188.95+0.89. In these observations five features are periodically varying and at least t…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 38 cited

Jets from MRC 0600-399 bent by magnetic fields in the cluster Abell 3376

James O. Chibueze, Haruka Sakemi, Takumi Ohmura +7

Galaxy clusters are known to harbour magnetic fields. The nature of the intra-cluster magnetic fields remains an unresolved question. Intra-cluster magnetic field can be observed a…