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most citedRelative alignment between gas structures and magnetic field in Orion A at different scales using different molecular gas tracers

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astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2026

Galactic Large-scale Filaments Resident in Asymmetric Environments: Clues from Cross-filament Profiles of Density and Temperature

Keyun Su, Ke Wang, Fengwei Xu +1

Large-scale filaments ubiquitously exist in the Galactic interstellar medium, and their radial profiles offer insights into their formation mechanisms. We present a statistical ana…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Structure of an 80 pc Long Massive Filament

Qian-Ru He, Won-Ju Kim, Gary A. Fuller +11

Using new Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 30m telescope , =1-0 and Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope and $\…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

Dual-band Unified Exploration of Three CMZ Clouds (DUET). Cloud-wide census of continuum sources showing low spectral indices

Fengwei Xu, Xing Lu, Ke Wang +19

The Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) is measured to form stars 10 times less efficiently than in the Galactic disk, based on emission from high-mass stars. However, the CMZ…

astro-ph.GA2024

Massive Star Formation Starts in Sub-virial Dense Clumps Unless Resisted by Strong Magnetic Fields

Ke Wang, Yueluo Wang, Fengwei Xu

The initial conditions are critical for understanding high-mass star formation, but are not well observed. Built on our previous characterization of a Galaxy-wide sample of 463 can…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Formation of Milky Way "Bones": Ubiquitous HI Narrow Self-Absorption Associated with CO Emission

Shenglan Sun, Ke Wang, Xunchuan Liu +1

Long and skinny molecular filaments running along Galactic spiral arms are known as "bones", since they make up the skeleton of the Milky Way. However, their origin is still an ope…

astro-ph.GA2024

Absence of High-mass Prestellar Cores in the Orion Giant Molecular Cloud

Wenyu Jiao, Ke Wang, Fengwei Xu

A fundamental difference between "core-fed" and "clump-fed" star formation theories lies in the existence or absence of high-mass cores at the prestellar stage. However, only a han…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

Relative alignment between gas structures and magnetic field in Orion A at different scales using different molecular gas tracers

Wenyu Jiao, Ke Wang, Fengwei Xu +2

Context: Magnetic fields can play crucial roles in high-mass star formation. Nonetheless, the significance of magnetic fields at various scales and their relationship with gas stru…

astro-ph.GA2023

Clump-scale Gas Infall in High-mass Star Formation: a Multi-transition View with JCMT HCN (4--3) Mapping

Fengwei Xu, Ke Wang, Yuxin He +3

Gas infall motions play a crucial role in high-mass star formation and are characterized by observable signatures in the form of blue-shifted asymmetric spectral line profiles ("bl…