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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…
ALMA Reveals an Explosive Outflow Candidate in IRAS 16119--5048
Yongquan Luo, Jianjun Zhou, Tie Liu +24
We present a multiwavelength study of the massive star formation region IRAS 16119-5048 (I16119) using ALMA ATOMS Band 3 and QUARKS Band 6 observations, complemented by archival AT…
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…
ALMA-QUARKS view of W49N: Multipolar episodic outflow associated with the most energetic Galactic water maser
Yunfan Jiao, Tie Liu, Wenyu Jiao +28
We present a detailed investigation of a multipolar episodic molecular outflow in the mini-starburst region W49N, which hosts the most luminous water maser in the Galaxy. Using hig…
Random gas motions inside sub-parsec scale supercritical filaments
Chao Zhang, Tie Liu, Mika Juvela +12
Supercritical gas filaments in molecular clouds host the dense cores in which new stars form. The mechanisms governing their formation and subsequent gas accretion remain poorly un…
The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: Evidence of an Explosive Molecular Outflow in IRAS 15520--5234
Ariful Hoque, Tapas Baug, Estrella Guzman +25
We present a study of the massive protocluster IRAS 155205234, which displays evidence of an explosive molecular outflow that unleashed a kinetic energy of at least 10 er…
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)…
Linear filament and nested cluster evolution tomography (LANCET) I. Capture the evolution of dense gas in 14-parsec filament G316.8
Fengwei Xu, Ke Wang, Nicola Schneider +12
A dynamic view of mass assembly is essential for understanding the formation of massive stars and clusters. Interpreting evolutionary diagnostics from Galactic-wide surveys, howeve…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The ALMA-ATOMS Survey: Exploring Protostellar Outflows in HCN
Ariful Hoque, Tapas Baug, Lokesh K. Dewangan +25
We present the first systematic study of bipolar outflows using HCN as a tracer in a sample of 146 massive star-forming regions from ALMA-ATOMS survey. Protostellar outflows ar…
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…
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…
ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of massive Star-forming regions -XX. Probability distribution function of integrated intensity for dense molecular gas tracers
C. Zhang, Tie Liu, Sihan Jiao +16
We report the observations of J=1-0 of HCN, HCO+, H13CO+, and H13CN, HC3N (J=11-10) emission towards 135 massive star-forming clumps, as part of the ATOMS (ALMA Three-millimeter Ob…
The ALMA-ATOMS survey: Vibrationally excited HCN lines in hot cores
Li Chen, Sheng-Li Qin, Tie Liu +26
Interstellar molecules are excellent tools for studying the physical and chemical environments of massive star-forming regions. In particular, vibrationally excited HCN (HC…
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…
ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -- XIX. The origin of SiO emission
Rong Liu, Tie Liu, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra +23
The production of silicon monoxide (SiO) can be considered as a fingerprint of shock interaction. In this work, we use high-sensitivity observations of the SiO (2-1) and HCO…