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most citedALMA view of the C/C isotopic ratio in starburst galaxies

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astro-ph.GA2026

ALOHA IRDCs Molecular Line Follow-up: I. Gas properties and kinematics

Jinjin Xie, Yaoting Yan, Zhiyuan Ren +109

Infrared Dark Clouds are ideal sites for investigating the initial conditions of massive star and cluster formation. The A Lei Of the Habitat and Assembly of Infrared Dark Clouds (…

astro-ph.GA2026

The TOP-SCOPE Survey of Planck Galactic Cold Clumps: Molecular gas properties

Yuebin Yang, Jarken Esimbek, Tie Liu +11

We surveyed 2008 Planck Galactic Cold Clumps (PGCCs) in and --0 lines using the Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO) 14 m telescope'…

astro-ph.GA2026

A 1.3 cm spectral line study of the W33 region

Kadirya Tursun, Christian Henkel, Jarken Esimbek +14

At a distance of 2.4kpc, W33 is one of the most prolific sources of molecular line emission, and it is an excellent research target for a centimeter spectral line search. We carrie…

astro-ph.GA2026

What Heats the Dense Gas in the Galactic Center?

Zhenyi Yue, Yiping Ao, Xindi Tang +3

Previous studies using p-HCO -- transitions at 218 GHz suggested widespread high-temperature gas exceeding 60 K and even 100 K in the CMZ, with heating mechanisms possi…

astro-ph.GA2026

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Investigating Thermal Feedback of Massive Protostars in Hot Molecular Cores

Dezhao Meng, Tie Liu, Jarken Esimbek +33

We identify a sample of 83 spatially resolved hot molecular cores (HMCs) in the QUARKS survey, aiming at investigating thermal feedback from massive stars. Using CHCN\,(12--11)…

astro-ph.GA2025

Oxygen isotopes reveal low-mass star dominance in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Yan Gong, Zhi-yu Zhang, Christian Henkel +9

Oxygen isotope abundances and their ratios are fingerprints of stellar evolution and therefore provide a powerful tool in tracing the enrichment history of galaxies. However, their…

astro-ph.GA2025

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: III. Clump-to-core fragmentation and search for high-mass starless cores

Dongting Yang, Hong-Li Liu, Tie Liu +43

The Querying Underlying mechanisms of massive star formation with ALMA-Resolved gas Kinematics and Structures (QUARKS) survey observed 139 infrared-bright (IR-bright) massive proto…

astro-ph.GA2025

Evidence for Core-Core Collision in Barnard 68

Dalei Li, Christian Henkel, Alexander Kraus +10

The prestellar core Barnard 68 (B68) is a prototypical source to study the initial conditions and chemical processes of star formation. A previous numerical simulation suggested th…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

Cloud-cloud collision and star formation in G013.313+0.193

Dilda Berdikhan, Jarken Esimbek, Christian Henkel +18

We study the G013.313+0.193 G013.313 region, a complex environment characterized by molecular cloud interactions indicative of cloud-cloud collision (CCC). Observations of the NH3(…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Impact of Expanding HII Regions on Filament G37:Curved Magnetic Field and Multiple Direction Material Flows

Mengke Zhao, Xindi Tang, Keping Qiu +2

Filament G37 exhibits a distinctive "caterpillar" shape, characterized by two semicircular structures within its 40\,pc-long body, providing an ideal target to investigate the form…

astro-ph.GA2024

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Fields of the IC 348 Star-forming Region

Youngwoo Choi, Woojin Kwon, Kate Pattle +150

We present 850 m polarization observations of the IC 348 star-forming region in the Perseus molecular cloud as part of the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observation (BISTRO) s…

astro-ph.GA2024

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: Fibers' role in star formation unveiled in an intermediate-mass protocluster region of the Vela D cloud

Dongting Yang, HongLi Liu, Tie Liu +32

In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of the IRS 17 filament within the intermediate-mass protocluster IRAS 08448-4343 (of ), using ALMA data fro…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 12 cited

Kinematics and star formation of hub-filament systems in W49A

WenJun Zhang, Jianjun Zhou, Jarken Esimbek +11

W49A is a prominent giant molecular cloud (GMC) that exhibits strong star formation activities, yet its structural and kinematic properties remain uncertain. Our study aims to inve…

astro-ph.GA2024

Magnetic Field of Molecular Gas Measured with the Velocity Gradient Technique II: Curved Magnetic Field in kpc-Scale Bubble of NGC\,628

Mengke Zhao, Jianjun Zhou, Willem A. Baan +9

We report the detection of the ordered alignment between the magnetic field and kpc-scale bubbles in the nearby spiral galaxy, NGC\,628. Applying the Velocity Gradient Technique (V…

astro-ph.SR2024

Filamentary Network and Magnetic Field Structures Revealed with BISTRO in the High-Mass Star-Forming Region NGC2264 : Global Properties and Local Magnetogravitational Configurations

Jia-Wei Wang, Patrick M. Koch, Seamus D. Clarke +154

We report 850 m continuum polarization observations toward the filamentary high-mass star-forming region NGC 2264, taken as part of the B-fields In STar forming Regions Observat…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 1 cited

Ammonia Observations of Planck Cold Cores

Dilda Berdikhan., Jarken Esimbek., Christian Henkel. +11

Single-pointing observations of NH (1,1) and (2,2) were conducted towards 672 Planck Early Release Cold Cores (ECCs) using the Nanshan 26-m radio telescope. Out of these source…

astro-ph.GA2023

Magnetic Fields in the Central Molecular Zone Influenced by Feedback and Weakly Correlated with Star Formation

Xing Lu, Junhao Liu, Thushara Pillai +12

Magnetic fields of molecular clouds in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) have been relatively underobserved at sub-parsec resolution. Here we report JCMT/POL2 observations of polari…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 6 cited

Cloud-cloud collision and star formation in G323.18+0.15

Yingxiu. Ma, Jianjun. Zhou, Jarken. Esimbek +8

We studied the cloud-cloud collision candidate G323.18+0.15 based on signatures of induced filaments, clumps, and star formation. We used archival molecular spectrum line data from…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 44 cited

ALMA view of the C/C isotopic ratio in starburst galaxies

X. D. Tang, C. Henkel, K. M. Menten +16

We derive molecular-gas-phase C/C isotope ratios for the central few 100 pc of the three nearby starburst galaxies NGC 253, NGC 1068, and NGC 4945 making use of the $…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 12 cited

Molecular environs and triggered star formation around the large Galactic infrared bubble N 24

Xu Li, Jarken Esimbek, Jianjun Zhou +10

A multi-wavelength analysis of the large Galactic infrared bubble N 24 is has been presented in this paper in order to investigate the molecular and star formation environment arou…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 38 cited

Molecular line emission in NGC 4945, imaged with ALMA

C. Henkel, S. Muehle, G. Bendo +31

NGC 4945 is one of the nearest (~3.8 Mpc; 1" ~ 19 pc) starburst galaxies. ALMA band 3 (3--4\,mm) observations of HCN, HCO+, CS, C3H2, SiO, HCO, and CH3C2H were carried out with ~2"…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 9 cited

Formaldehyde and H110a observations towards 6.7 GHz methanol maser sources

Daniel. Okoh, Jarken. Esimbek, Jian. Jun. Zhou +4

Intriguing work on observations of 4.83 GHz formaldehyde (H2CO) absorptions and 4.87 GHz H110a radio recombination lines (RRLs) towards 6.7 GHz methanol (CH3OH) maser sources is pr…