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20162026
most citedThe prevalence of star formation as a function of Galactocentric radius

41 citations · 117 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMAGAL IX. The chemical complexity of AG318.9477-00.1960: A line-identification template for ALMAGAL

J. Allande, M. T. Beltrán, V. M. Rivilla +36

We present a detailed molecular line analysis of one of the most chemically rich cores in the ALMAGAL sample, the high-mass core~9 in the AG318.9477-00.1960 clump (AG318-c9), locat…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMAGAL VIII. Early phases of triggered star formation in source AG286.07161.8229

C. Mininni, S. Molinari, W. J. Kim +50

Several theoretical and observational studies have shown that new waves of triggered star-formation can be induced by the feedback from newly formed massive protostars, due to the…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

ALMAGAL V. Relations between the core populations and the parent clump physical properties

D. Elia, A. Coletta, S. Molinari +54

Context. The fragmentation of massive molecular clumps into smaller, potentially star-forming cores plays a key role in the processes of high-mass star formation. The ALMAGAL proje…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

ALMAGAL VII. Cataloging Hierarchical Mass Structure from Cores to Clumps across the Galactic Disk

Jennifer Wallace, Taevis Kolz, Cara Battersby +42

Investigating the multi-scale fragmentation of dense clumps into compact cores is essential for understanding the processes that govern the initial distribution of mass in stellar…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 9 cited

ALMAGAL IV. Morphological comparison of molecular and thermal dust emission using the histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) method

C. Mininni, S. Molinari, J. D. Soler +46

The study of molecular line emission is crucial to unveil the kinematics and the physical conditions of gas in star-forming regions. Our aim is to quantify the reliability of using…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Anisotropy in the carbon monoxide (CO) line emission across the Milky Way's disk

J. D. Soler, M. Heyer, M. Benedettini +11

We present a study of the CO(1-0) line emission anisotropy across the Milky Way's disk to examine the effect of stellar feedback and Galactic dynamics on the distribution of…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMAGAL III. Compact source catalog: Fragmentation statistics and physical evolution of the core population

A. Coletta, S. Molinari, E. Schisano +49

The mechanisms behind the fragmentation of high-mass dense clumps into compact star-forming cores are fundamental topics in current astrophysical research. The ALMAGAL survey provi…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMAGAL II. The ALMA evolutionary study of high-mass protocluster formation in the Galaxy. ALMA data processing and pipeline

Á. Sánchez-Monge, C. L. Brogan, T. R. Hunter +53

The ALMAGAL Large Program has observed 1017 high-mass star-forming regions distributed throughout the Galaxy, sampling different evolutionary stages and environmental conditions. I…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMAGAL I. The ALMA evolutionary study of high-mass protocluster formation in the Galaxy. Presentation of the survey and early results

S. Molinari, P. Schilke, C. Battersby +73

Fundamental questions about the physics responsible for fragmenting molecular parsec-scale clumps into cores of ~1000 au are still open, that only a statistically significant inves…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 30 cited

Dynamical Accretion Flows -- ALMAGAL: Flows along filamentary structures in high-mass star-forming clusters

M. R. A. Wells, H. Beuther, S. Molinari +47

We use data from the ALMA Evolutionary Study of High Mass Protocluster Formation in the Galaxy (ALMAGAL) survey to study 100 ALMAGAL regions at 1 arsecond resolution located…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Giant Molecular Cloud G148.24+00.41: Gas Properties, Kinematics, and Cluster Formation at the Nexus of Filamentary Flows

Vineet Rawat, M. R. Samal, D. L. Walker +9

Filamentary flows toward the centre of molecular clouds have been recognized as a crucial process in the formation and evolution of stellar clusters. In this paper, we present a co…

astro-ph.GA2024

Understanding the relative importance of magnetic field, gravity, and turbulence in star formation at the hub of the giant molecular cloud G148.24+00.41

Vineet Rawat, M. R. Samal, Chakali Eswaraiah +10

The relative importance of magnetic fields, turbulence, and gravity in the early phases of star formation is still not well understood. We report the first high-resolution dust pol…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 29 cited

Thermal balance and comparison of gas and dust properties of dense clumps in the Hi-GAL survey

Manuel Merello, Sergio Molinari, Kazi L. J. Rygl +7

We present a comparative study of physical properties derived from gas and dust emission in a sample of 1068 dense Galactic clumps. The sources are selected from the crossmatch of…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 41 cited

The prevalence of star formation as a function of Galactocentric radius

S. E. Ragan, T. J. T. Moore, D. J. Eden +3

We present large-scale trends in the distribution of star-forming objects revealed by the Hi-GAL survey. As a simple metric probing the prevalence of star formation in Hi-GAL sourc…