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most citedThe fragmentation of molecular clouds in starburst environments

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astro-ph.GA2026

UCLCHEM 4.0: An open source gas-grain astrochemistry simulation framework

Gijs Vermariën, Serena Viti, Tobias M. Dijkhuis +4

Astrochemical modelling is a key tool for interpreting the formation and destruction of molecules in the interstellar medium, complementing the increasingly detailed observations e…

astro-ph.GA2026

BISTRO Survey: Gravity-Dominated and Magnetically Regulated Star Formation in M17 SW

Mengke Zhao, Keping Qiu, Ji-hyun Kang +27

We present high-resolution magnetic field maps of the M17 SW molecular cloud using JCMT 850 m dust polarization at a scale of 14. The magnetic field exhibits a distinct arc-…

astro-ph.SR2026

The Impact of Radiation Environment on the Evolution and Fragmentation of Protostellar Discs

Matt T. Cusack, Paul C. Clark, Ken Rice +5

We present high-resolution zoom-in simulations of molecular clouds exposed to an interstellar radiation field and cosmic ray ionisation rate up to 1000 times stronger than that of…

astro-ph.GA2026

NEATH V: the relationship between line emission from dense gas tracers and the star formation rate

F. D. Priestley, P. C. Clark, S. C. O. Glover +5

The Gao-Solomon relationship between the luminosity of the HCN line and the star formation rate (SFR) is observed to remain close to linear over scales ranging from individ…

astro-ph.GA2025

Assessing Self-Absorbed Molecular Lines as Tracers of Gravitational Collapse

Lillian Y. Cai, Felix D. Priestley, Sarah E. Ragan

Red-shifted self-absorption features in molecular lines are commonly interpreted as signatures of gravitational collapse in pre- and protostellar cores. The shape of the line profi…

astro-ph.GA2025

Dense gas tracers in and between spiral arms: from Giant Molecular Filaments to star-forming clumps

O. Feher, S. E. Ragan, F. D. Priestley +1

Giant Molecular Filaments are opportune locations in our Galaxy to study the star-forming interstellar matter and its accumulation on spatial scales comparable to those now becomin…

astro-ph.GA2025

NEATH IV: an early onset of complex organic chemistry in molecular clouds

F. D. Priestley, P. C. Clark, S. E. Ragan +6

Complex organic molecules (COMs) are widely detected in protostellar and protoplanetary systems, where they are thought to have been inherited in large part from earlier evolutiona…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

The fragmentation of molecular clouds in starburst environments

Matt T. Cusack, Paul C. Clark, Simon C. O. Glover +4

A significant amount of star formation occurs and has occurred in environments unlike the solar neighbourhood. The majority of stars formed closer to the peak of the cosmic star fo…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Cloud Collision Signatures in the Central Molecular Zone

Rees A. Barnes, Felix D. Priestley

Molecular cloud collisions are a prominent theory for the formation of stars. Observational studies into cloud collisions identify the collision via a bridging feature: a continuou…

astro-ph.GA2024

NEATH III: a molecular line survey of a simulated star-forming cloud

F. D. Priestley, P. C. Clark, S. C. O. Glover +4

We present synthetic line observations of a simulated molecular cloud, utilising a self-consistent treatment of the dynamics and time-dependent chemical evolution. We investigate l…