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20202026
most citedFEEDBACK: a SOFIA Legacy Program to Study Stellar Feedback in Regions of Massive Star Formation

62 citations · 361 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Molecular cloud dispersal traced by the ionized carbon 158 micron line

L. Bonne, N. Schneider, S. Dannhauer +14

Feedback from massive stars in the form of radiation and winds impacts the associated host molecular cloud. Feedback can disperse cloud material and lead to the destruction of the…

astro-ph.GA2025

SOFIA FEEDBACK Survey: The Eagle Nebula in [C II] and Molecular Lines

Ramsey L. Karim, Marc W. Pound, Alexander G. G. M. Tielens +15

We characterize the physical conditions and energy budget of the M16 H II region using SOFIA FEEDBACK observations of the [C II] 158 m line. The O stars in the $\sim 10^{4}~{\rm…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

The Diamond Ring in Cygnus X: Advanced stage of an expanding bubble of ionised carbon

Simon M. Dannhauer, Sebastian Vider, Nicola Schneider +18

The "Diamond Ring" in Cygnus X, southwest of the DR21 ridge, is a nearly circular structure of 6 pc in diameter, prominent in FIR emission and enclosed by clumpy molecular cl…

astro-ph.GA2025

The HI-to-H2 transition in the Draco cloud

Nicola Schneider, Volker Ossenkopf-Okada, Markus Roellig +7

In recent decades, significant attention has been dedicated to analytical and observational studies of the atomic hydrogen (HI) to molecular hydrogen (H2) transition in the interst…

astro-ph.GA2025

Expansion Signatures in 35 HII Regions traced by SOFIA [CII] Emission

Timothy Faerber, Loren D. Anderson, Matteo Luisi +6

We analyze the expansion signatures of 35 HII regions mapped in [CII] 158 micron emission by the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The [CII] emission primar…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

[C II]-deficit caused by self-absorption in an ionized carbon-filled bubble in RCW79

Eduard Keilmann, Simon Dannhauer, Slawa Kabanovic +12

Recent spectroscopic observations of the [C II] 158 fine-structure line of ionized carbon (C), using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)…

astro-ph.GA2025

Cool dark gas in Cygnus X: The first large-scale mapping of low-frequency carbon recombination lines

Kimberly L. Emig, Pedro Salas, Loren D. Anderson +14

Understanding the transition from atomic gas to molecular gas is critical to explain the formation and evolution of molecular clouds. However, the gas phases involved, cold HI and…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Magnetic Field Alignment Relative to Multiple Tracers in the High-mass Star-forming Region RCW 36

Akanksha Bij, Laura M. Fissel, Lars Bonne +9

We use polarization data from SOFIA HAWC+ to investigate the interplay between magnetic fields and stellar feedback in altering gas dynamics within the high-mass star-forming regio…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Description of turbulent dynamics in the interstellar medium: Multifractal microcanonical analysis: II. Sparse filtering of Herschel observation maps and visualization of filamentary structures at different length scales

A. Rashidi, H. Yahia, S. Bontemps +15

We present significant improvements to our previous work on noise reduction in {\sl Herschel} observation maps by defining sparse filtering tools capable of handling, in a unified…

astro-ph.GA2024

First detection of the [CII] 158 micron line in the intermediate-velocity cloud Draco

N. Schneider, V. Ossenkopf-Okada, E. Keilmann +7

High-latitude intermediate-velocity clouds (IVCs) are part of the Milky Way's HI halo and originate from either a galactic fountain process or extragalactic gas infall. They are pa…

astro-ph.GA2024

Absorption and Self-Absorption of [C II] and [O I] Far Infrared Lines Towards a Bright Bubble in the Nessie Infrared Dark Cloud

J. M. Jackson, J. S. Whitaker, E. T. Chambers +15

Using the upGREAT instrument on SOFIA, we have imaged [C II] 157.74 and [O I] 63.18 micron line emission from a bright photodissociation region (PDR) associated with an ionized ``b…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 17 cited

The SOFIA FEEDBACK Legacy Survey: Rapid molecular cloud dispersal in RCW 79

L. Bonne, S. Kabanovic, N. Schneider +12

It has long been discussed whether stellar feedback in the form of winds and/or radiation can shred the nascent molecular cloud, thereby controlling the star formation rate. Howeve…

astro-ph.GA2023

Identifying physical structures in our Galaxy with Gaussian Mixture Models: An unsupervised machine learning technique

M. Tiwari, R. Kievit, S. Kabanovic +14

We explore the potential of the Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), an unsupervised machine learning method, to identify coherent physical structures in the ISM. The implementation we pr…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

SOFIA FEEDBACK Survey: The Pillars of Creation in [C II] and Molecular Lines

Ramsey L. Karim, Marc W. Pound, Alexander G. G. M. Tielens +11

We investigate the physical structure and conditions of photodissociation regions (PDRs) and molecular gas within the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula using SOFIA FEEDBACK o…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 19 cited

Unveiling the formation of the massive DR21 ridge

L. Bonne, S. Bontemps, N. Schneider +10

We present new CO(1-0), CO(1-0), HCO(1-0) and HCO(1-0) maps from the IRAM 30m telescope, and a spectrally-resolved [CII] 158 m map observed with…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 9 cited

On the 3D Curvature and Dynamics of the Musca filament

Aidan Kaminsky, Lars Bonne, Doris Arzoumanian +1

Filaments are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium (ISM), yet their formation and evolution remains the topic of intense debate. In order to obtain a more comprehensive view of th…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 32 cited

Ionized carbon as a tracer of the assembly of interstellar clouds

Nicola Schneider, Lars Bonne, Sylvain Bontemps +9

Molecular hydrogen clouds are a key component of the interstellar medium because they are the birthplaces for stars. They are embedded in atomic gas that pervades the interstellar…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 10 cited

Bringing Stellar Evolution & Feedback Together: Summary of proposals from the Lorentz Center Workshop, 2022

Sam Geen, Poojan Agrawal, Paul A. Crowther +34

Stars strongly impact their environment, and shape structures on all scales throughout the universe, in a process known as ``feedback''. Due to the complexity of both stellar evolu…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

SOFIA FEEDBACK survey: PDR diagnostics of stellar feedback in different regions of RCW 49

M. Tiwari, M. Wolfire, M. W. Pound +13

We quantified the effects of stellar feedback in RCW 49 by determining the physical conditions in different regions using the [CII] 158 m and [OI] 63 m observations from SOFI…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 24 cited

The SOFIA FEEDBACK Legacy Survey: Dynamics and mass ejection in the bipolar HII region RCW 36

L. Bonne, N. Schneider, P. García +20

We present [CII] 158 m and [OI] 63 m observations of the bipolar HII region RCW 36 in the Vela C molecular cloud, obtained within the SOFIA legacy project FEEDBACK, which is…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 5 cited

A new phase of massive star formation? A luminous outflow cavity centred on an infrared quiet core

L. Bonne, N. Peretto, A. Duarte-Cabral +4

We present APEX, infrared and radio continuum observations of the G345.88-1.10 hub filament system which is a newly discovered star-forming cloud that hosts an unusually bright bip…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

Surveying the Giant HII Regions of the Milky Way with SOFIA: IV. Sgr D, W42, and a Reassessment of the Giant HII Region Census

James M. De Buizer, Wanggi Lim, Nicole Karnath +2

This is the fourth paper exploring the infrared properties of giant HII regions with the FORCAST instrument on the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Our sur…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 23 cited

SOFIA observations of 30 Doradus: II -- Magnetic fields and large scale gas kinematics

Le Ngoc Tram, Lars Bonne, Yue Hu +13

The heart of the Large Magellanic Cloud, 30 Doradus, is a complex region with a clear core-halo structure. Feedback from the stellar cluster R136 has been shown to be the main…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 33 cited

Self-absorption in [CII], CO, and HI in RCW120. Building up a geometrical and physical model of the region

S. Kabanovic, N. Schneider, V. Ossenkopf-Okada +19

Revealing the 3D dynamics of HII regions and their associated molecular clouds is important for understanding the longstanding problem as to how stellar feedback affects the densit…