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most citedStar formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble

217 citations · 551 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.GA2026

The star formation history of Orion is structured and episodic

Alena Rottensteiner, João Alves, Stefan Meingast +6

The propagation of star formation throughout a molecular cloud complex can tell us much about its physical drivers and the importance of environmental versus intrinsic processes. W…

astro-ph.GA2026

The fading hierarchy of Galactic open clusters

Guimei Liu, João Alves, Yu Zhang +7

Galactic open clusters provide a record of both hierarchical star formation and the subsequent dynamical evolution of the Milky Way disk. We use the two-point correlation function…

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.GA2026

Accelerated gas flow along Ophiuchus B44 filament: Breaking Position-Position-Velocity degeneracy

J. Alves, C. Zucker, C. Lada +15

(Abridged) Stellar feedback from massive stars in the Upper-Sco has been proposed to have reshaped the gas in the nearby Ophiuchus complex. In this framework, feedback organizes th…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The superclouds of the local Milky Way

Lilly A. Kormann, João Alves, Michelangelo Pantaleoni González +3

Recent 3D dust maps of the local Milky Way are revolutionizing our understanding of the Sun's Galactic neighborhood, providing much needed insight into the large-scale organization…

astro-ph.GA2025

Origin of the IRAS Vela Shell: New Insights from 3D Dust Mapping

Bore Annie Gao, Catherine Zucker, Tirupati Kumara Sridharan +15

The IRAS Vela Shell (IVS) is a structure of enhanced FIR emission located towards the Gum Nebula, a prominent region of emission in the local Milky Way shaped by various g…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

From moving groups to star formation in the Solar Neighborhood

Cameren Swiggum, João Alves, Elena D'Onghia

Moving groups in the solar neighborhood are ensembles of co-moving stars, likely originating due to forces from spiral arms, the Galactic bar, or external perturbations. Their co-m…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 16 cited

The physical properties of Cluster Chains

Laura Posch, João Alves, Nuria Mirét-Roig +5

We explore the kinematics and star formation history of the Scorpius Centaurus (Sco-Cen) OB association following the initial identification of sequential, linearly aligned chains…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Outflowing [OII] Nebulae of Compact Starburst Galaxies at z 0.5

Serena Perrotta, Alison L. Coil, David S. N. Rupke +11

High-velocity outflows are ubiquitous in compact, massive (M 10 M), z 0.5 galaxies with extreme star formation surface densities ( 20…

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.GA2024★ 36 cited

The Radcliffe Wave is Oscillating

Ralf Konietzka, Alyssa A. Goodman, Catherine Zucker +6

Our Sun lies within 300 pc of the 2.7-kpc-long sinusoidal chain of dense gas clouds known as the Radcliffe Wave. The structure's wave-like shape was discovered using 3D dust mappin…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 11 cited

VISIONS: The VISTA Star Formation Atlas -- I. Survey overview

Stefan Meingast, João Alves, Hervé Bouy +37

VISIONS is an ESO public survey of five nearby (d < 500 pc) star-forming molecular cloud complexes that are canonically associated with the constellations of Chamaeleon, Corona Aus…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 20 cited

Kinematics, Structure, and Mass Outflow Rates of Extreme Starburst Galactic Outflows

Serena Perrotta, Alison L. Coil, David S. N. Rupke +10

We present results on the properties of extreme gas outflows in massive (10), compact, starburst ($200 \, \rm M_{\odot} \ yr^{-1}…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 98 cited

The star formation history of the Sco-Cen association. Coherent star formation patterns in space and time

Sebastian Ratzenböck, Josefa E. Großschedl, João Alves +13

We reconstruct the star formation history of the Sco-Cen OB association using a novel high-resolution age map of the region. We develop an approach to produce robust ages for Sco-C…

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★ 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

Understanding the Nature of an Unusual Post-Starburst Quasar with Exceptionally Strong Ne V Emission

Cameren Swiggum, Christy Tremonti, Serena Perrotta +7

We present a quasar, SDSS J004846.45-004611.9, discovered in the SDSS-III BOSS survey. A visual analysis of this spectrum reveals highly broadened and blueshifted narrow…

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.GA2021★ 24 cited

Physical Properties of Massive Compact Starburst Galaxies with Extreme Outflows

Serena Perrotta, Erin R. George, Alison L. Coil +12

We present results on the nature of extreme ejective feedback episodes and the physical conditions of a population of massive (), compact starburst…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 39 cited

Evidence for Radial Expansion at the Core of the Orion Complex with Gaia EDR3

Cameren Swiggum, Elena D'Onghia, João Alves +6

We present a phase-space study of two stellar groups located at the core of the Orion complex: Briceño-1 and Orion Belt Population-near (OBP-near). We identify the groups with the…