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astro-ph.GA2026

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). XVIII. Indication of a possible spiral structure in the dust-continuum emission of the protostellar disk around IRAS 16544-1604 in CB 68

Sanemichi Z. Takahashi, Shigehisa Takakuwa, Ryosuke Nakanishi +11

We performed numerical simulations along with radiative transfer calculations to reproduce an intriguing asymmetric shoulder feature in the dust-continuum emission of the protostel…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

ALMA Band 9 CO(6--5) Reveals a Warm Ring Structure Associated with the Embedded Protostar in the Cold Dense Core MC 27/L1521F

Kazuki Tokuda, Mitsuki Omura, Naoto Harada +9

Infall and outflows, coupled with magnetic fields, rapidly structure the gas around newborn protostars. Shocks from interacting components encode the temperature and density distri…

astro-ph.GA2026

Predicting dust temperature from molecular line data using machine learning

Tenta Dougome, Yoshito Shimajiri, Kazuya Saigo +4

We conducted experiments with machine learning techniques to construct dust temperature maps from the CO isotopologue molecular line data in the Orion A molecular cloud. In the cla…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Extended and Compact Ortho-HD Structures Close to the Moment of Star-Formation: Evidence from ALMA-ACA Observations in Taurus

Kazuki Tokuda, Kenji Furuya, Naofumi Fukaya +8

Observing and characterizing pre- and protostellar cores in the earliest and densest stages of star formation is challenging due to their short timescales and high densities, limit…

astro-ph.GA2025

Unveiling Stellar Feedback and Cloud Structure in the Ophiuchi A Region with ALMA and JWST: Discovery of Substellar Cores, CO Striations, and Protostellar Outflows

Fumitaka Nakamura, Ryohei Kawabe, Shuo Huang +9

In clustered star-forming regions, stellar feedback-such as HII regions/photon-dominated regions (PDRs), and protostellar jets/outflows-shapes cloud structures and influences star…

astro-ph.GA2025

Large molecular and dust reservoir of a gravitationally-lensed submillimeter galaxy behind the Lupus-I molecular cloud

Yoichi Tamura, Akio Taniguchi, Tom J. L. C. Bakx +14

We report the Australian Telescope Compact Array and Nobeyama 45 m telescope detection of a remarkably bright = 44 mJy) submillimeter galaxy MM J154506.4-344318…

astro-ph.GA2024

Internal 1000 AU-scale Structures of the R CrA Cluster-forming Cloud -- I: Filamentary Structures

Kengo Tachihara, Naofumi Fukaya, Kazuki Tokuda +17

We report on ALMA ACA observations of a high-density region of the Corona Australis cloud forming a young star cluster, and the results of resolving internal structures. In additio…

astro-ph.GA2024

An Extremely Young Protostellar Core, MMS 1/ OMC-3: Episodic Mass Ejection History Traced by the Micro SiO Jet

Satoko Takahashi, Masahiro N. Machida, Mitsuki Omura +11

We present arcsec (80 au) resolution observations of the CO (2-1) and SiO (5-4) lines made with the Atacama large millimeter/submillimeter array toward an extreme…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 9 cited

ACA CO() Mapping of the Nearest Spiral Galaxy M33. I. Initial Results and Identification of Molecular Clouds

Kazuyuki Muraoka, Ayu Konishi, Kazuki Tokuda +18

We present the results of ALMA-ACA 7 m-array observations in CO(), CO(), and CO() line emission toward the molecular-gas disk in the Local…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 23 cited

Chemical Differentiation and Temperature Distribution on a Few au Scale around the Protostellar Source B335

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Muneaki Imai +5

Resolving physical and chemical structures in the vicinity of a protostar is of fundamental importance for elucidating their evolution to a planetary system. In this context, we ha…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 20 cited

An ALMA study of the massive molecular clump N159W-North in the Large Magellanic Cloud: A possible gas flow penetrating one of the most massive protocluster systems in the Local Group

Kazuki Tokuda, Taisei Minami, Yasuo Fukui +18

Massive dense clumps in the Large Magellanic Cloud can be an important laboratory to explore the formation of populous clusters. We report multiscale ALMA observations of the N159W…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 9 cited

Nobeyama 45 m Local Spur CO survey. I. Giant molecular filaments and cluster formation in the Vulpecula OB association

Mikito Kohno, Atsushi Nishimura, Shinji Fujita +13

We have performed new large-scale CO, CO, and CO 1-0 observations toward the Vulpecula OB association () as part of the Nobeyama 45 m Loca…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 9 cited

ALMA Observations of Giant Molecular Clouds in M33 III: Spatially Resolved Features of the Star-Formation Inactive Million-solar-mass Cloud

Hiroshi Kondo, Kazuki Tokuda, Kazuyuki Muraoka +16

We present CO ( = 2-1), CO ( = 2-1), and CO ( = 2-1) observations toward GMC-8, one of the most massive giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in M33 using ALM…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 39 cited

Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). I. Dissecting the High-mass Star-Forming Core G335.579-0.292 MM1

Fernando A. Olguin, Patricio Sanhueza, Andrés E. Guzmán +10

We observed the high-mass star-forming region G335.579-0.292 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) at 226 GHz with an angular resolution of 0.3'' ($\sim 1000…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 14 cited

ALMA Observations of Giant Molecular Clouds in M33. II. Triggered High-mass Star Formation by Multiple Gas Colliding Events at the NGC 604 Complex

Kazuyuki Muraoka, Hiroshi Kondo, Kazuki Tokuda +13

We present the results of ALMA observations in CO(), CO(), and CO() lines and 1.3 mm continuum emission toward a massive ($\sim 10^6 M_{\o…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 45 cited

FRagmentation and Evolution of dense cores Judged by ALMA (FREJA). I (Overview). Inner 1000 au structures of prestellar/protostellar cores in Taurus

Kazuki Tokuda, Kakeru Fujishiro, Kengo Tachihara +11

We have performed survey-type observations in 1 mm continuum and molecular lines toward dense cores (32 prestellar + 7 protostellar) with an average density of 10 cm$^…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 16 cited

A low-velocity bipolar outflow from a deeply embedded object in Taurus revealed by the Atacama Compact Array

Kakeru Fujishiro, Kazuki Tokuda, Kengo Tachihara +11

The first hydrostatic core, the first quasi-hydrostatic object formed during the star formation process, is still the observational missing link between the prestellar and protoste…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 20 cited

Circumbinary Disks of the Protostellar Binary Systems in the L1551 Region

Shigehisa Takakuwa, Kazuya Saigo, Tomoaki Matsumoto +6

We report ALMA Cycle 4 observations of the Class I binary protostellar system L1551 IRS 5 in the 0.9-mm continuum emission, C18O (J=3-2), OCS (J=28-27), and four other Band 7 lines…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 207 cited

The ALMA Survey of 70 m dark High-mass clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). I. Pilot Survey: Clump Fragmentation

Patricio Sanhueza, Yanett Contreras, Benjamin Wu +20

(Abridged) ASHES has been designed to systematically characterize the earliest stages and to constrain theories of high-mass star formation. A total of 12 massive (>500 …

astro-ph.GA2019★ 23 cited

ALMA Observations of Giant Molecular Clouds in M33 I: Resolving Star Formation Activities in the Giant Molecular Filaments Possibly Formed by a Spiral Shock

Kazuki Tokuda, Kazuyuki Muraoka, Hiroshi Kondo +14

We report molecular line and continuum observations toward one of the most massive giant molecular clouds (GMCs), GMC-16, in M33 using ALMA with an angular resolution of 044 $\…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 15 cited

A centrally concentrated sub-solar mass starless core in the Taurus L1495 filamentary complex

Kazuki Tokuda, Kengo Tachihara, Kazuya Saigo +14

The formation scenario of brown dwarfs is still unclear because observational studies to investigate its initial condition are quite limited. Our systematic survey of nearby low-ma…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 12 cited

Formation of High-Mass stars in an isolated environment in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Ryohei Harada, Toshikazu Onishi, Kazuki Tokuda +14

The aim of this study is to characterize the distribution and basic properties of the natal gas associated with high-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) in isolated environments in t…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 74 cited

An ALMA view of molecular filaments in the Large Magellanic Cloud II: An early stage of high-mass star formation embedded at colliding clouds in N159W-South

Kazuki Tokuda, Yasuo Fukui, Ryohei Harada +19

We have conducted ALMA CO isotopes and 1.3 mm continuum observations toward filamentary molecular clouds of the N159W-South region in the Large Magellanic Cloud with an angular res…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 64 cited

An ALMA view of molecular filaments in the Large Magellanic Cloud I: The formation of high-mass stars and pillars in the N159E-Papillon Nebula triggered by a cloud-cloud collision

Yasuo Fukui, Kazuki Tokuda, Kazuya Saigo +19

We present the ALMA observations of CO isotopes and 1.3 mm continuum emission toward the N159E-Papillon Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The spatial resolution is 0"25-0…