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most citedTrigonometric Parallaxes Of High-Mass Star Forming Regions: Our View Of The Milky Way

761 citations · 998 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

astro-ph.SR2025

Dynamical mass of the Serpens intermediate-mass young stellar system EC\,95 with DYNAMO--VLBA

Jazmín Ordóñez-Toro, Sergio A. Dzib, Laurent Loinard +8

We present dynamical mass measurements, obtained from multi-epoch Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations, for the young multiple stellar system EC\,95, located in th…

astro-ph.SR2025

VLBA Detections in the Oph-S1 Binary System near Periastron Confirmation of its Orbital Elements and Mass

Jazmín Ordóñez-Toro, Sergio A. Dzib, Laurent Loinard +7

Oph-S1 is the most luminous and massive stellar member of the nearby Ophiuchus star-forming region. Previous Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations have shown it to be an int…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 6 cited

Potential for life to exist and be detected on Earth-like planets orbiting white dwarfs

Caldon T. Whyte, L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez, Manasvi Lingam +1

With recent observations confirming exoplanets orbiting white dwarfs, there is growing interest in exploring and quantifying the habitability of temperate rocky planets around whit…

astro-ph.GA2024

Distance estimate method for Asymptotic Giant Branch stars using Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions

Rajorshi Bhattacharya, Brandon M. Medina, Ylva M. Pihlström +8

We present a method to estimate distances to Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in the Galaxy, using spectral energy distributions (SEDs) in the near- and mid-infrared. By assumin…

astro-ph.SR2024

Dynamical mass of the Ophiuchus intermediate-mass stellar system S1 with DYNAMO-VLBA

Jazmín Ordóñez-Toro, Sergio A. Dzib, Laurent Loinard +8

We report dynamical mass measurements of the individual stars in the most luminous and massive stellar member of the nearby Ophiuchus star-forming region, the young tight binary sy…

astro-ph.GA2023

Dark matter distribution in Milky Way-analog galaxies

Natanael G. de Isídio, K. Menéndez-Delmestre, T. S. Gonçalves +9

Our current understanding of how dark matter (DM) is distributed within the Milky Way halo, particularly in the solar neighborhood, is based on either careful studies of the local…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 7 cited

Ground Vibrational State SiO Emission in the VLA BAaDE Survey

V. Dike, M. R. Morris, R. M. Rich +5

Using a subsample of the Bulge Asymmetries and Dynamical Evolution (BAaDE) survey of stellar SiO masers, we explore the prevalence and characteristics of SiO em…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 4 cited

Characterizing the Evolved Stellar Population in the Galactic Foreground I: Bolometric Magnitudes, Spatial Distribution and P-L Relations

Luis Henry Quiroga-Nuñez, Huib Jan van Langevelde, Loránt O. Sjouwerman +6

Radio campaigns using maser stellar beacons have provided crucial information to characterize Galactic stellar populations. Currently, the Bulge Asymmetries and Dynamical Evolution…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 7 cited

Infrared color separation between thin-shelled oxygen-rich and carbon-rich AGB stars

Megan O. Lewis, Ylva M. Pihlström, Loránt O. Sjouwerman +1

We present 43 GHz VLA spectra for 51 AGB sources with the goal of verifying an infrared (IR) color cut intended to separate Carbon-rich (C) and Oxygen-rich (O) AGB sources througho…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 11 cited

VLBI20-30: a scientific roadmap for the next decade -- The future of the European VLBI Network

Tiziana Venturi, Zsolt Paragi, Michael Lindqvist +77

This white paper describes the science case for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and provides suggestions towards upgrade paths for the European VLBI Network (EVN). The EVN…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 9 cited

A low-mass stellar companion to the young variable star RZ Psc

Grant M. Kennedy, Christian Ginski, Matthew A. Kenworthy +10

RZ Psc is a young Sun-like star with a bright and warm infrared excess that is occasionally dimmed significantly by circumstellar dust structures. Optical depth arguments suggest t…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 9 cited

Differences in radio emission from similar M dwarfs in the binary system Ross 867-8

L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez, H. T. Intema, J. R. Callingham +5

Serendipitously, we have rediscovered radio emission from the binary system Ross 867 (M4.5V) and Ross 868 (M3.5V) while inspecting archival Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) o…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 38 cited

Anomalous peculiar motions of high-mass young stars in the Scutum spiral arm

K. Immer, J. Li, L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez +4

We present trigonometric parallax and proper motion measurements toward 22 GHz water and 6.7 GHz methanol masers in 16 high-mass star-forming regions. These sources are all located…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 761 cited

Trigonometric Parallaxes Of High-Mass Star Forming Regions: Our View Of The Milky Way

M. J. Reid, K. M. Menten, A. Brunthaler +15

We compile and analyze ~200 trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of molecular masers associated with very young high-mass stars. These measurements strongly suggest that the…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 13 cited

Resolving the distance controversy for Sharpless 269: A possible kink in the outer arm

L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez, K. Immer, H. J. van Langevelde +2

Sharpless 269 (S269) is one of a few HII regions in the outer spiral arm of the Milky Way with strong water maser emission. Based on data from the Very Long Baseline Interferometry…

astro-ph.SR2019

The Synergy between VLBI and Gaia astrometry

Huib van Langevelde, Luis Henry Quiroga-Nuñez, Wouter Vlemmings +10

With the publication of Gaia DR2, 1.3 billion stars now have public parallax and proper motion measurements. In this contribution, we compare the results for sources that have both…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 8 cited

Positional Offsets Between SiO Masers in Evolved Stars and their Cross-Matched Counterparts

Ylva M. Pihlström, Loránt O. Sjouwerman, Mark J Claussen +4

Observations of dust-enshrouded evolved stars selected from infrared catalogs requiring high positional accuracy, like infrared spectroscopy or long baseline radio interferometric…

astro-ph.SR2018

Meter- to Millimeter Emission from Cool Stellar Systems: Latest Results, Synergies Across the Spectrum, and Outlook for the Next Decade

Jan Forbrich, Peter K. G. Williams, Emily Drabek-Maunder +12

Radio observations of cool stellar systems provide unique information on their magnetic fields, high-energy processes, and chemistry. Buoyed by powerful new instruments (e.g. ALMA,…

astro-ph.IM2018

Planet Formation Imager: Project Update

John D. Monnier, Michael J. Ireland, Stefan Kraus +2

The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) is a near- and mid-infrared interferometer project with the driving science goal of imaging directly the key stages of planet formation, including…

astro-ph.SR2017

Maser, infrared and optical emission for late-type stars in the Galactic plane

L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez, H. J. van Langevelde, L. O. Sjouwerman +4

Radio astrometric campaigns using VLBI have provided distances and proper motions for masers associated with young massive stars (BeSSeL survey). The ongoing BAaDE project plans to…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 18 cited

Millimeter Spectral Indices and Dust Trapping By Planets in Brown Dwarf Disks

P. Pinilla, L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez, M. Benisty +7

Disks around brown dwarfs (BDs) are excellent laboratories to study the first steps of planet formation in cold and low-mass disk conditions. The radial-drift velocities of dust pa…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 1 cited

Astrometric Galactic maser measurements cross-matched with Gaia

L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez, H. J. van Langevelde, M. J. Reid +4

Using the VLBA, the BeSSeL survey has provided distances and proper motions of young massive stars, allowing an accurate measure of the Galactic spiral structure. By the same techn…

astro-ph.SR2017

Finding evolved stars in the inner Galactic disk with Gaia

L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez, H. J. van Langevelde, Y. M. Pihlström +2

The Bulge Asymmetries and Dynamical Evolution (BAaDE) survey will provide positions and line-of-sight velocities of ~20,000 evolved, maser bearing stars in the Galactic plane. Alth…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 12 cited

Simulated Galactic methanol maser distribution to constrain Milky Way parameters

L. H. Quiroga-Nuñez, H. J. van Langevelde, M. J. Reid +1

Using trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of masers associated with massive young stars, the Bar and Spiral Structure Legacy (BeSSeL) survey has reported the most accurate…