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astro-ph.GA2026

The Nearby Star Formation and Supernova Histories Reconstructed from Young Star Clusters

Cameren Swiggum, Catherine Zucker, Michelangelo Pantaleoni González +8

We reconstruct the recent star formation and core-collapse supernova (ccSN) histories of the Solar Neighborhood from the past trajectories of young star clusters. Using a \textit{G…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 22 cited

Most nearby young star clusters formed in three massive complexes

Cameren Swiggum, João Alves, Robert Benjamin +9

Efforts to unveil the structure of the local interstellar medium and its recent star formation history have spanned the past seventy years. Recent studies utilizing precise data fr…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 22 cited

The Corona Australis star formation complex is accelerating away from the Galactic plane

L. Posch, N. Miret-Roig, J. Alves +5

We study the kinematics of the recently discovered Corona Australis (CrA) chain of clusters by examining the 3D space motion of its young stars using Gaia DR3 and APOGEE-2 data. Wh…

astro-ph.GA2023

Roman Early-Definition Astrophysics Survey Opportunity: Galactic Roman Infrared Plane Survey (GRIPS)

Roberta Paladini, Catherine Zucker, Robert Benjamin +67

A wide-field near-infrared survey of the Galactic disk and bulge/bar(s) is supported by a large representation of the community of Galactic astronomers. The combination of sensitiv…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 20 cited

A 3D View of Orion: I. Barnard's Loop

Michael M. Foley, Alyssa Goodman, Catherine Zucker +11

Barnard's Loop is a famous arc of H emission located in the Orion star-forming region. Here, we provide evidence of a possible formation mechanism for Barnard's Loop and compare…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

Characterizing the 3D Kinematics of Young Stars in the Radcliffe Wave

Alan J. Tu, Catherine Zucker, Joshua S. Speagle +5

We present an analysis of the kinematics of the Radcliffe Wave, a 2.7-kpc-long sinusoidal band of molecular clouds in the solar neighborhood recently detected via 3D dust mapping.…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 16 cited

The Radcliffe Wave as the gas spine of the Orion Arm

Cameren Swiggum, João Alves, Elena D'Onghia +7

The Radcliffe Wave is a kpc long coherent gas structure containing most of the star-forming complexes near the Sun. In this Letter we aim to find a Galactic context for the…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 217 cited

Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble

Catherine Zucker, Alyssa A. Goodman, João Alves +8

For decades we have known that the Sun lies within the Local Bubble, a cavity of low-density, high-temperature plasma surrounded by a shell of cold, neutral gas and dust. However,…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 26 cited

Evidence of a vertical kinematic oscillation beyond the Radcliffe Wave

Lekshmi Thulasidharan, Elena D'Onghia, Eloisa Poggio +5

The Radcliffe Wave (RW) is a recently discovered sinusoidal vertical feature of dense gas in the proximity of the Sun. In the disk plane, it is aligned with the Local Arm. However,…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 94 cited

Orion Revisited - I. The massive cluster in front of the Orion Nebula Cluster

J. Alves, H. Bouy

The aim of this work is to characterize the stellar population between Earth and the Orion A molecular cloud where the well known star formation benchmark Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC…