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most citedObservation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

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astro-ph.GA2026

The dominance of turbulence over magnetism in the formation of massive star cluster seeds

Junhao Liu, Patricio Sanhueza, Piyali Saha +32

High-mass stars form in protoclusters, where gravo-magnetic processes shape collapsing clouds and clumps to be elongated preferentially perpendicular to magnetic (B) fields. Yet it…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

A FUV-optical approach for studying hierarchical star formation in nearby galaxies with UVIT

Sanal Ananthu, Gairola Shashank, Smitha Subramanian +4

Young star-forming clumps (SFCs) emit strongly in the ultraviolet (UV), making UV imaging ideal for detecting them. The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) onboard AstroSat, with…

astro-ph.GA2025

Non-Gaussian Magnetic Structures in the Small-Scale Turbulent Dynamo

Sasi M. Behara, Amit Seta

The small-scale turbulent dynamo is a key mechanism for amplifying galactic magnetic fields, yet the resulting field morphology remains poorly understood. Using 3D driven turbulenc…

astro-ph.GA2025

$\mbox{H}$ $\mbox{I}$ 21-cm Absorption Spectra Classification using Machine Learning

Debasish Mondal, Anirudh S. Nemmani, Arunima Banerjee

$\mbox{H}$ $\mbox{I}$ 21-cm absorption, an extremely useful tool to study the cold atomic hydrogen gas, can arise either from the intervening galaxies along the line-of-sight towar…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

The JCMT BISTRO-3 Survey: Variation of magnetic field orientations on parsec and sub-parsec scales in the massive star-forming region G28.34+0.06

Jihye Hwang, Kate Pattle, Chang Won Lee +35

Magnetic fields play a significant role in star-forming processes on core to clump scales. We investigate magnetic field orientations and strengths in the massive star-forming clum…

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★ 5 cited

A Comparative Study of Dust Grain Polarisation Efficiencies in the Interstellar and Intracluster Mediums towards Anti-Center Galaxy

N. Bijas, Chakali Eswaraiah, Panigrahy Sandhyarani +2

Dust polarisation observations at optical wavelengths help understand the dust grain properties and trace the plane-of-the-sky component of the magnetic field. In this study, we ma…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

On the Scarcity of Dense Cores ( cm) in High Latitude Planck Galactic Cold Clumps

Fengwei Xu, Ke Wang, Tie Liu +34

High-latitude () molecular clouds have virial parameters that exceed 1, but whether these clouds can form stars has not been studied systematically. Using JCMT SCUB…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

A High-Mass Young Star-forming Core Escaping from Its Parental Filament

Zhiyuan Ren, Xi Chen, Tie Liu +17

We studied the unique kinematic properties in massive filament G352.63-1.07 at -AU spatial scale with the dense molecular tracers observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/s…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

The dynamical lineage of field ultra-diffuse galaxies

Nilanjana Nandi, Arunima Banerjee, Ganesh Narayanan

Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) exhibit morphological similarities with other low-luminosity galaxies indicating a possible evolutionary connection. We investigate for common dynamic…

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★ 14 cited

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Studying the Complex Magnetic Field of L43

Janik Karoly, Derek Ward-Thompson, Kate Pattle +155

We present observations of polarized dust emission at 850 m from the L43 molecular cloud which sits in the Ophiuchus cloud complex. The data were taken using SCUBA-2/POL-2 on th…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

The role of magnetic fields in the fragmentation of the Taurus B213 filament into Sun-type star-forming cores

Anirudh R., Chakali Eswaraiah, Sihan Jiao +1

Fragmentation is a key step in the process of transforming clouds (and their substructures such as filaments, clumps, and cores) into protostars. The thermal gas pressure and gravi…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

Probing the Global Dust Properties and Cluster Formation Potential of the Giant Molecular Cloud G148.24+00.41

Vineet Rawat, M. R. Samal, D. L. Walker +8

Clouds more massive than about M are potential sites of massive cluster formation. Studying the properties of such clouds in the early stages of their evolution offe…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 14 cited

Membership analysis and 3D kinematics of the star-forming complex around Trumpler 37 using Gaia-DR3

Swagat R. Das, Saumya Gupta, Prem Prakash +2

Identifying and characterizing young populations of star-forming regions is crucial to unravel their properties. In this regard, Gaia-DR3 data and machine learning tools are very u…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 11 cited

First BISTRO observations of the dark cloud Taurus L1495A-B10: the role of the magnetic field in the earliest stages of low-mass star formation

Derek Ward-Thompson, Janik Karoly, Kate Pattle +155

We present BISTRO Survey 850 μm dust emission polarisation observations of the L1495A-B10 region of the Taurus molecular cloud, taken at the JCMT. We observe a roughly triangular n…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 71 cited

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -- XV. Steady Accretion from Global Collapse to Core Feeding in Massive Hub-filament System SDC335

Feng-Wei Xu, Ke Wang, Tie Liu +37

We present ALMA Band-3/7 observations towards "the Heart" of a massive hub-filament system (HFS) SDC335, to investigate its fragmentation and accretion. At a resolution of $\sim0.0…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 24 cited

JCMT BISTRO Observations: Magnetic Field Morphology of Bubbles Associated with NGC 6334

Mehrnoosh Tahani, Pierre Bastien, Ray S. Furuya +142

We study the HII regions associated with the NGC 6334 molecular cloud observed in the sub-millimeter and taken as part of the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO)…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 26 cited

The JCMT BISTRO-2 Survey: Magnetic Fields of the Massive DR21 Filament

Tao-Chung Ching, Keping Qiu, Di Li +154

We present 850 m dust polarization observations of the massive DR21 filament from the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO) survey, using the POL-2 polarimeter a…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

Star-forming site RAFGL 5085: Is a perfect candidate of hub-filament system ?

L. K. Dewangan, N. K. Bhadari, A. K. Maity +4

To investigate the star formation process, we present a multi-wavelength study of a massive star-forming site RAFGL 5085, which has been associated with the molecular outflow, HII…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 31 cited

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: A Spiral Magnetic Field in a Hub-filament Structure, Monoceros R2

Jihye Hwang, Jongsoo Kim, Kate Pattle +157

We present and analyze observations of polarized dust emission at 850 m towards the central 1 pc 1 pc hub-filament structure of Monoceros R2 (Mon R2). The data are obta…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 12 cited

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Multi-wavelength polarimetry of bright regions in NGC 2071 in the far-infrared/submillimetre range, with POL-2 and HAWC+

L. Fanciullo, F. Kemper, K. Pattle +31

Polarized dust emission is a key tracer in the study of interstellar medium and of star formation. The observed polarization, however, is a product of magnetic field structure, dus…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 14 cited

Galaxy interactions in filaments and sheets: effects of the large-scale structures versus the local density

Apashanka Das, Biswajit Pandey, Suman Sarkar

The major interactions are known to trigger star formation in galaxies and alter their colour. We study the major interactions in filaments and sheets using the SDSS data to unders…