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most citedThe ALMA Survey of 70 m Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). IX. Physical Properties and Spatial Distribution of Cores in IRDCs

68 citations · 442 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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38 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

Global and Local Infall in the ASHES Sample (GLASHES). III. Physical Parameters of Contracting Motion onto Dense Cores in 70 m Dark Massive Clumps

Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +3

Core growth is a key process in high-mass star formation. As part of the GLASHES (Global and Local Infall in the ASHES Sample) survey, we present infall velocities and mass infall…

astro-ph.GA2026

Before fragmentation: from uniform clouds to stellar clusters

A. Giannetti, T. Pillai, J. Kauffmann +4

Our study of the early stages of fragmentation in massive clumps has revealed a striking anomaly: of the CoCoA sample exhibit no fragmentation at all. These sources coul…

astro-ph.GA2026

Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR). IX. Radiative Torque Alignment and Disruption in NGC6334I

Vineet Rawat, Thiem Hoang, Patricio Sanhueza +18

Intense radiation from high-mass stars is expected to significantly affect dust grain alignment and evolution through RAdiative Torques (RATs). We investigate this effect in a mass…

astro-ph.GA2026

How Should We Understand the Core Mass Function? A memo of the CMF2IMF conference at ESO Garching

Fengwei Xu, Roberto Galvan-Madrid, Kaho Morii +4

The origin of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) remains one of the central questions in astronomy. Nearly three decades ago, the resemblance between the core mass function (C…

astro-ph.GA2026

Global and Local Infall in the ASHES Sample (GLASHES). II. Asymmetric Line Profiles around Dense Cores in 70 m Dark Massive Clumps

Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +1

Gravitational collapse is fundamental to star formation, yet direct kinematic evidence of infall at the core scale in high-mass star-forming regions remains poorly constrained. We…

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

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.GA2025

The ALMA Survey of 70 μm Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). XIII. Core Mass Function, Lifetime, and Growth of Prestellar Cores

Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +10

The core mass function (CMF) of prestellar cores is essential for understanding the initial conditions of star and cluster formation. However, the universality of the CMF and its r…

astro-ph.GA2025

Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR). VI. Magnetic Field Dragging in the Filamentary High-mass Star-forming Region G35.20--0.74N due to Gravity

Jihye Hwang, Patricio Sanhueza, Josep Miquel Girart +27

We investigate the magnetic field orientation and strength in the massive star-forming region G35.20-0.74N (G35), using polarized dust emission data obtained with the Atacama Large…

astro-ph.GA2025

First results from ALPPS: a sub-Alfvénic streamer in SVS13A

P. C. Cortes, J. E. Pineda, T. -H. Hsieh +22

We present the first results from the ALMA Perseus Polarization Survey (ALPPS), focusing on the magnetic field in the SVS13A circumbinary disk. The dataset includes full-Stokes dus…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Dense Molecular Ring-like structure in gaseous CO depletion region G34.74-0.12

Shuting Lin, Siyi Feng, Fengwei Xu +14

We report the discovery of a dense molecular ring-like structure in a dense (10 cm), cold (pc-scale CO depletion at a factor of 5), and young (10 year) star-forming…

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★ 5 cited

The ALMA Survey of 70 m Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). XII. Unanchored Forked Stream in the Propagating Path of a Protostellar Outflow

Shuting Lin, Siyi Feng, Patricio Sanhueza +14

Outflows are key indicators of ongoing star formation. We report the discovery of an unanchored forked stream within the propagating path of an extremely young protostellar outflow…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). V. Deuterium Fractionation of Methanol

Takeshi Sakai, Nobuhito Shiomura, Patricio Sanhueza +16

We have observed the CHOH A, CHOH A, and CHDOH lines toward 24 high-mass star-forming regions by usi…

astro-ph.GA2024

Global and Local Infall in the ASHES Sample (GLASHES). I. Pilot Study in G337.541

Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Timea Csengeri +4

Recent high-angular-resolution observations indicate the need for core growth to form high-mass stars. To understand the gas dynamics at the core scale in the very early evolutiona…

astro-ph.GA2024

Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR). V. The Magnetic Field at the Onset of High-mass Star Formation

Patricio Sanhueza, Junhao Liu, Kaho Morii +36

A complete understanding of the initial conditions of high-mass star formation and what processes determine multiplicity require the study of the magnetic field (B-field) in young,…

astro-ph.SR2024

Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR) IV: Tracing the Magnetic Fields in the O-type protostellar system IRAS 165474247

Luis A. Zapata, Manuel Fernández-López, Patricio Sanhueza +24

The formation of the massive stars, and in particular, the role that the magnetic fields play in their early evolutionary phase is still far from being completely understood. Here,…

astro-ph.GA2024

Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR): Unveiling an Hourglass Magnetic Field in G333.46-0.16 using ALMA

Piyali Saha, Patricio Sanhueza, Marco Padovani +33

The contribution of the magnetic field to the formation of high-mass stars is poorly understood. We report the high-angular resolution (, 870 au) map of the…

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

MagMar III -- Resisting the Pressure, Is the Magnetic Field Overwhelmed in NGC6334I?

Paulo C. Cortes, Josep M. Girart, Patricio Sanhueza +23

We report on ALMA observations of polarized dust emission at 1.2 mm from NGC6334I, a source known for its significant flux outbursts. Between five months, our data show no substant…

astro-ph.GA2024

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: II. the ACA 1.3 mm continuum source catalog and the assembly of dense gas in massive star-forming clumps

Fengwei Xu, Ke Wang, Tie Liu +30

Leveraging the high resolution, high sensitivity, and wide frequency coverage of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the QUARKS survey, standing for "Querying…

astro-ph.GA2024

The ALMA Survey of 70 m Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). XI. Statistical Study of Early Fragmentation

Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +9

Fragmentation during the early stages of high-mass star formation is crucial for understanding the formation of high-mass clusters. We investigated fragmentation within thirty-nine…