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20202026
most citedATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -- I. Survey description and a first look at G9.62+0.19

112 citations · 451 across the 41 of their papers we have counts for

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42 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Star Formation across the Galaxy

Alvaro Sanchez-Monge, Henrik Beuther, Maryvonne Gerin +41

Star formation is both a multi-scale and highly dynamic process. It is regulated by the combination of gravity, turbulence, feedback and magnetic fields, which connect more than si…

astro-ph.GA2026

Dust Seeding Molecules in a Massive Protostar -- Detection of TiO in Orion Source I

Ziwei E. Zhang, Nami Sakai, Marcelino Agundez +16

We report the first detection of TiO in star-forming regions based on Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of Orion Source I, a well-characterized massive prot…

astro-ph.HE2026

Extreme PeV accelerator associated with GRS 1915+105

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +322

Microquasars, binary systems featuring relativistic jets, have emerged as sources for particle acceleration beyond PeV energies. We present a study of the broadband -ray emissio…

astro-ph.SR2026

Formation of a Protostellar Multiple System via Rotational Fragmentation

Tie Liu, Qiuyi Luo, Siju Zhang +1

We present a multi-scale analysis of the dense core G205.46-14.56-N2 and its host filament G205.46-14.56 using ALMA, Herschel, JCMT, and PMO observations. The filament exhibits a h…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA-QUARKS view of W49N: Multipolar episodic outflow associated with the most energetic Galactic water maser

Yunfan Jiao, Tie Liu, Wenyu Jiao +28

We present a detailed investigation of a multipolar episodic molecular outflow in the mini-starburst region W49N, which hosts the most luminous water maser in the Galaxy. Using hig…

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

ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) I: Overview

Steven N. Longmore, John Bally, Ashley T. Barnes +95

The mass flows and energy cycles within the inner regions of galaxies exert a powerful influence on the evolution of the galaxy population. The centre of the Milky Way is the only…

astro-ph.GA2026

Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). VI. The Formation of Low-mass Multiple Systems in High-mass Cluster-forming Regions

Qiuyi Luo, Patricio Sanhueza, Stella S. R. Offner +14

Most stars form in multiple systems, with profound implications in numerous astronomical phenomena intrinsically linked to multiplicity. However, our knowledge about the process on…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 5 cited

Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). VII. Disk candidates around high-mass stars and evidence of anisotropic infall

Fernando A. Olguin, Patricio Sanhueza, Yoko Oya +19

We study the kinematics of condensations in 30 fields forming high-mass stars with ALMA at a high-resolution of ~0.08'' on average (~230 au). The presence of disks is important for…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 2 cited

HOPS-288: A Laboratory for Complex Organics in Proto-multiple Systems

Shih-Ying Hsu, Nadia M. Murillo, Chin-Fei Lee +21

Complex organic molecules (COMs) in young stellar objects (YSOs) have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their potential connection to pre-biotic chemistry and…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Tracking Protostellar Variability in Massive Protoclusters with ALMA: I. Insights from QUARKS and MaMMOtH

Yuhan Yang, Tie Liu, Sheng-Yuan Liu +22

Millimeter/submillimeter variability is often attributed to dynamical disk-mediated accretion, yet detection is limited to low-mass protostars in nearby clouds. Recent observations…

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

Detection of a septuple stellar system in formation via disk fragmentation

Shanghuo Li, Henrik Beuther, André Oliva +15

Stellar multiple systems play a pivotal role in cluster dynamics and stellar evolution, leading to intense astronomical phenomena like X-ray binaries, gamma-ray bursts, Type Ia sup…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

Massive extended streamers feed high-mass young stars

Fernando A. Olguin, Patricio Sanhueza, Adam Ginsburg +13

Stars are born in a variety of environments that determine how they gather gas to achieve their final masses. It is generally believed that disks are ubiquitous around protostars a…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMASOP. A Rotating Feature Rich in Complex Organic Molecules in a Protostellar Core

Shih-Ying Hsu, Chin-Fei Lee, Doug Johnstone +25

Interstellar complex organic molecules (COMs) in solar-like young stellar objects (YSOs), particularly within protostellar disks, are of significant interest due to their potential…

astro-ph.GA2025

Subclustering and Star Formation Efficiency in Three Protoclusters in the Central Molecular Zone

Suinan Zhang, Xing Lu, Adam Ginsburg +21

We present so far the highest resolution (0.04") ALMA 1.3 mm continuum observations of three massive star-forming clumps in the Central Molecular Zone, namely 20 km s…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

ALMA observations of massive clouds in the central molecular zone: slim filaments tracing parsec-scale shocks

Kai Yang, Xing Lu, Yichen Zhang +22

The central molecular zone (CMZ) of our Galaxy exhibits widespread emission from SiO and various complex organic molecules (COMs), yet the exact origin of such emission is uncertai…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Network of velocity-coherent filaments formed by supersonic turbulence in a very-high-velocity HI cloud

Xunchuan Liu, Tie Liu, Pak-Shing Li +17

The warm neutral medium (WNM) was thought to be subsonically/transonically turbulent, and it lacks a network of intertwined filaments that are commonly seen in both molecular cloud…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 1 cited

ALMASOP. The Localized and Chemically rich Features near the Bases of the Protostellar Jet in HOPS 87

Shih-Ying Hsu, Chin-Fei Lee, Sheng-Yuan Liu +24

HOPS 87 is a Class 0 protostellar core known to harbor an extremely young bipolar outflow and a hot corino. We report the discovery of localized, chemically rich regions near the b…

astro-ph.GA2024

Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). IV. Fragmentation in High-mass Star-Forming Clumps

Kosuke Ishihara, Patricio Sanhueza, Fumitaka Nakamura +10

Fragmentation contributes to the formation and evolution of stars. Observationally, high-mass stars are known to form multiple-star systems, preferentially in cluster environments.…

astro-ph.GA2024

INvestigations of massive Filaments ANd sTar formation (INFANT). I. Core Identification and Core Mass Function

Yu Cheng, Xing Lu, Patricio Sanhueza +16

Filamentary structures are ubiquitously found in high-mass star-forming clouds. To investigate the relationship between filaments and star formation, we carry out the INFANT (INves…

astro-ph.GA2024

The magnetic field in colliding filaments G202.3+2.5

Qi-Lao Gu, Tie Liu, Pak Shing Li +19

We observe the magnetic field morphology towards a nearby star-forming filamentary cloud, G202.3+2.5, by the JCMT/POL-2 850 μm thermal dust polarization observation with an angular…

astro-ph.GA2024

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Detection of two extremely dense substructures in a massive prestellar core

Xiaofeng Mai, Tie Liu, Xunchuan Liu +32

Only a handful of massive starless core candidates have been discovered so far, but none of them have been fully confirmed. Within the MM1 clump in the filamentary infrared dark cl…

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…