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most citedEvidence of high-mass star formation through multi-scale mass accretion in hub-filament-system clouds

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25 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: A Keplerian Circumbinary Disk Candidate in the High-mass Star-forming Region IRAS 08303-4303

Gyuho Lee, Kee-Tae Kim, Tie Liu +33

We present the ALMA Band 6 continuum and molecular line observations of IRAS 08303-4303, a high-mass star-forming region, with an angular resolution of ( au…

astro-ph.GA2026

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey. IV. Core Mass Function and Evolutionary Trends in Core Formation Efficiency and Chemistry

Wenyu Jiao, Tie Liu, Dongting Yang +43

The ALMA-QUARKS (Querying Underlying Mechanisms of Massive Star Formation with ALMA-Resolved Gas Kinematics and Structures) survey targets 139 massive protoclusters selected from t…

astro-ph.GA2026

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: Properties of Hot Molecular Fragments in the Massive Protocluster IRAS 17233-3606

Li Chen, Sheng-Li Qin, Dongting Yang +29

To investigate the physical mechanisms of fragmentation within the hot molecular core of the massive protocluster IRAS 17233-3606 (G351.78-0.54), we carried out a detailed analysis…

astro-ph.GA2026

Evolution of starless cores in massive clumps seen by the ALMA ASHES and QUARKS surveys

Dongting Yang, Hong-li Liu, Sheng-li Qin +28

We present a systematic comparative analysis of 324 starless cores in early-phase infrared-dark clouds (IRDCs; ASHES survey) and evolved-phase infrared-bright clouds (IRBCs; QUARKS…

astro-ph.GA2026

HOTDISK. Finding Massive Protostellar Disks with Water and Refractory Molecular Species

Kai Yang, Yichen Zhang, Kei E. I. Tanaka +16

We present high-angular-resolution (, au) ALMA Band~6 observations from the HOTDISK project (Hot-Origin Tracer survey of DISKs of massive pro…

astro-ph.GA2026

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Investigating Thermal Feedback of Massive Protostars in Hot Molecular Cores

Dezhao Meng, Tie Liu, Jarken Esimbek +33

We identify a sample of 83 spatially resolved hot molecular cores (HMCs) in the QUARKS survey, aiming at investigating thermal feedback from massive stars. Using CHCN\,(12--11)…

astro-ph.GA2026

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: Discovery of Superfine Dusty Fibrils inside Massive Star-forming Clumps

Yan-Kun Zhang, Tie Liu, Wenyu Jiao +35

We report the discovery of more than 320 superfine dusty filamentary structures (fibrils) inside 121 massive star forming clumps that are located in widely different Galactic envir…

astro-ph.GA2026

ATOMS-QUARKS survey: Inflow and infall in massive protocluster G318.049+00.086: Evidence of competitive accretion

Shivani Gupta, Tapas Baug, Archana Soam +17

We present a gas kinematic study of the massive protocluster G318.049+00.086. The protocluster is reported to contain 12 prestellar core candidates and 4 protostellar cores. Filame…

astro-ph.GA2026

Probing Star-Forming Properties via ALMA Observations of Massive Protocluster IRAS 15596-5301

Faxian Chang, Mengyao Tang, Tie Liu +8

To deepen our understanding of star-forming properties, we studied a massive protocluster IRAS 15596-5301 using ALMA 870 um and 3 mm data. High-resolution 870 um data reveal 34 den…

astro-ph.GA2026

The ALMA-ATOMS survey: Methanol emission in a large sample of hot molecular cores

Jiahang Zou, Tie Liu, Sheng-Li Qin +26

Methanol (CHOH) is a key complex organic molecule (COM) in the interstellar medium, widely used as a tracer of dense gas and hot molecular cores (HMCs). Using high-resolution…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMA-QUARKS: Few-Thousand-Year Hatching out of "Egg": The Supersonic Breakout of a Hypercompact H II Region from Its Parental Hot Core

Siju Zhang, Guido Garay, Fengwei Xu +19

The kinematic evolution of hypercompact H II (HC H II) regions around young high-mass stars remains poorly understood due to complex interactions with parental environs. We present…

astro-ph.GA2025

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Evidence of a candidate high-mass prestellar core aside a bright-rimmed cloud IRAS 18290-0924

Dongting Yang, Hong-Li Liu, Shengli Qin +32

Although frequently reported in observations, the definitive confirmation of high-mass prestellar cores has remained elusive, presenting a persistent challenge in star formation st…

astro-ph.GA2025

The ALMA-ATOMS-QUARKS survey: Resolving a chemically rich massive protostellar outflow

Jia-Hang Zou, Tie Liu, Fengwei Xu +19

We present a comprehensive study on the physical and chemical structures of a chemically rich bipolar outflow in a high-mass star forming region IRAS 162724837 (SDC335), utilizi…

astro-ph.GA2025

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Hot Molecular Cores are a long-standing phenomenon in the evolution of massive protostars

Dezhao Meng, Tie Liu, Jarken Esimbek +34

We present an analysis of the QUARKS survey sample, focusing on protoclusters where Hot Molecular Cores (HMCs, traced by CH3CN(12--11)) and UC HII regions (traced by H30α/H40α) coe…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

A misaligned protostellar disk fed by gas streamers in a barred spiral-like massive dense core

Xiaofeng Mai, Tie Liu, Xunchuan Liu +42

High-mass stars, born in massive dense cores (MDCs), profoundly impact the cosmic ecosystem through feedback processes and metal enrichment, yet little is known about how MDCs asse…

astro-ph.GA2025

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: III. Clump-to-core fragmentation and search for high-mass starless cores

Dongting Yang, Hong-Li Liu, Tie Liu +43

The Querying Underlying mechanisms of massive star formation with ALMA-Resolved gas Kinematics and Structures (QUARKS) survey observed 139 infrared-bright (IR-bright) massive proto…

astro-ph.GA2025

The ALMA-ATOMS survey: A sample of weak hot core candidates identified through line stacking

Zi-Yang Li, Xunchuan Liu, Tie Liu +33

Hot cores represent critical astrophysical environments for high-mass star formation, distinguished by their rich spectra of organic molecular emission lines. We aim to utilize hig…

astro-ph.GA2025

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -XXI. A Large-sample Observational Study of Ethanol and Dimethyl Ether in Hot Cores

Zhiping Kou, Xiaohu Li, Sheng-Li Qin +21

Hot cores, as a stage of massive star formation, exhibit abundant line emissions of COMs. We present a deep line survey of two isomers of CHO: ethanol (CHOH; EA), a…

astro-ph.GA2024

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: Fibers' role in star formation unveiled in an intermediate-mass protocluster region of the Vela D cloud

Dongting Yang, HongLi Liu, Tie Liu +32

In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of the IRS 17 filament within the intermediate-mass protocluster IRAS 08448-4343 (of ), using ALMA data fro…

astro-ph.GA2024

JCMT 850 $\micron$ continuum observations of density structures in the G35 molecular complex

Xianjin Shen, Hong-Li Liu, Zhiyuan Ren +32

Filaments are believed to play a key role in high-mass star formation. We present a systematic study of the filaments and their hosting clumps in the G35 molecular complex using JC…

astro-ph.GA2024

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Detection of two extremely dense substructures in a massive prestellar core

Xiaofeng Mai, Tie Liu, Xunchuan Liu +32

Only a handful of massive starless core candidates have been discovered so far, but none of them have been fully confirmed. Within the MM1 clump in the filamentary infrared dark cl…

astro-ph.GA2023

ALMA High-resolution Spectral Survey of Thioformaldehyde (H2CS) Towards Massive Protoclusters

Li Chen, Sheng-Li Qin, Tie Liu +12

Investigating the temperature and density structures of gas in massive protoclusters is crucial for understanding the chemical properties therein. In this study, we present observa…

astro-ph.GA2023

The first Ka-band (26.1-35 GHz) blind line survey towards Orion KL

Xunchuan Liu, Tie Liu, Zhiqiang Shen +30

We conducted a Ka-band (26.1--35 GHz) line survey towards Orion KL using the TianMa 65-m Radio Telescope (TMRT). It is the first blind line survey in the Ka band, and achieves a se…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 43 cited

Direct observational evidence of the multi-scale, dynamical mass accretion toward a high-mass star forming hub-filament system

Dongting Yang, Hong-Li Liu, Anandmayee Tej +28

There is growing evidence that high-mass star formation and hub-filament systems (HFS) are intricately linked. The gas kinematics along the filaments and the forming high-mass star…