5 papers
An Eccentric Massive Protobinary Assembled via a Core-merger Parabolic Encounter
Yao Wang, Yichen Zhang, Rubén Fedriani +14
Most massive stars form in binary systems, which profoundly influence their subsequent evolution. However, how such systems form remains poorly understood, with several competing s…
The SOMA MM Survey. I. An Astrochemical Census of Massive Protostars
D. Gigli, P. Gorai, C. Y. Law +9
During massive star formation, dense gas undergoes chemical evolution, producing both simple and complex organic molecules (COMs) characteristic of hot molecular cores. How this ev…
The SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey. V. Clustered Protostars
Zoie Telkamp, Ruben Fedriani, Jonathan C. Tan +16
We present m SOFIA-FORCAST images of seven regions of ``clustered" star formation as part of the SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey. We identify a total of 34…
Thermal Properties of the Hot Core Population in Sagittarius B2 Deep South
Desmond Jeff, Adam Ginsburg, Alyssa Bulatek +7
We report the discovery of 9 new hot molecular cores in the Deep South (DS) region of Sagittarius B2 using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Band 6 observations. We meas…
Astrochemical Diagnostics of the Isolated Massive Protostar G28.20-0.05
Prasanta Gorai, Chi-Yan Law, Jonathan C. Tan +8
We study the astrochemical diagnostics of the isolated massive protostar G28.20-0.05. We analyze data from ALMA 1.3~mm observations with resolution of 0.2 arcsec (1,000 au).…