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most citedThe JCMT Gould Belt Survey: First results from the SCUBA-2 observations of the Ophiuchus molecular cloud and a virial analysis of its prestellar core population

152 citations · 402 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO): Dual-Wavelength Constraints on Size-Dependent Grain Alignment in Star-Forming Regions

Ray S. Furuya, David Berry, Pierre Bastien +65

We compared 450 and 850 m POL-2 observations from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope at resolution. The median absolute difference in polarization angle between bands is…

astro-ph.GA2026

B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO): Technical Foundations for Quantitative 450/850 m JCMT SCUBA-2/POL-2 Polarimetry

Ray S. Furuya, David Berry, Pierre Bastien +59

We present five technical validations of SCUBA-2/POL-2 polarimetry on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope at 450 and 850 m, using 174 archival fields in 69 molecular cloud regions…

astro-ph.GA2026

Magnetic field alignment with dense cores in the transition between cloud and core scales

Sean Yin, Ayush Pandhi, Rachel Friesen +7

In a magnetically-dominated model of star formation, we expect to see alignments between the magnetic field orientation of star-forming dense cores and the cloud-scale magnetic fie…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Green Bank Ammonia Survey: Data Release 2

Jaime E. Pineda, Rachel K. Friesen, Erik Rosolowsky +22

We present an overview of the final data release (DR2) from the Green Bank Ammonia Survey (GAS). GAS is a Large Program at the Green Bank Telescope to map all Gould Belt star-formi…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey Complete Core Catalogue: Core mass function variations between nearby molecular clouds

Kate Pattle, James Di Francesco, Jenny Hatchell +14

We present a catalogue of dense cores identified in James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) Gould Belt Survey SCUBA-2 observations of nearby star-forming clouds. We identified 2257 de…

astro-ph.GA2025

Unveiling Stellar Feedback and Cloud Structure in the Ophiuchi A Region with ALMA and JWST: Discovery of Substellar Cores, CO Striations, and Protostellar Outflows

Fumitaka Nakamura, Ryohei Kawabe, Shuo Huang +9

In clustered star-forming regions, stellar feedback-such as HII regions/photon-dominated regions (PDRs), and protostellar jets/outflows-shapes cloud structures and influences star…

astro-ph.GA2025

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: First results from the Corona Australis molecular cloud and evidence of variable dust emissivity indices in the Coronet region

Kate Pattle, David Bresnahan, Derek Ward-Thompson +47

We present 450m and 850m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) observations of the Corona Australis (CrA) molecular cloud taken as part of the JCMT Gould Belt Legacy Survey (G…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-Shaped Filament as Revealed by JCMT BISTRO survey

Jintai Wu, Keping Qiu, Frederick Poidevin +152

As part of the BISTRO survey, we present JCMT 850 m polarimetric observations towards the Orion Integral-Shaped Filament (ISF) that covers three portions known as OMC-1, OMC-2,…

astro-ph.GA2024

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Fields of the IC 348 Star-forming Region

Youngwoo Choi, Woojin Kwon, Kate Pattle +150

We present 850 m polarization observations of the IC 348 star-forming region in the Perseus molecular cloud as part of the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observation (BISTRO) s…

astro-ph.GA2024

Relative Alignments Between Magnetic Fields, Velocity Gradients, and Dust Emission Gradients in NGC 1333

Michael Chun-Yuan Chen, Laura M. Fissel, Sarah I. Sadavoy +23

Magnetic fields play an important role in shaping and regulating star formation in molecular clouds. Here, we present one of the first studies examining the relative orientations b…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 152 cited

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: First results from the SCUBA-2 observations of the Ophiuchus molecular cloud and a virial analysis of its prestellar core population

K. Pattle, D. Ward-Thompson, J. M. Kirk +59

In this paper we present the first observations of the Ophiuchus molecular cloud performed as part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) Gould Belt Survey (GBS) with the SCUB…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 24 cited

An analysis of the deuterium fractionation of star-forming cores in the Perseus molecular cloud

Rachel Friesen, Helen Kirk, Yancy Shirley

We have performed a pointed survey of N2D+ 2-1 and N2D+ 3-2 emission toward 64 N2H+-bright starless and protostellar cores in the Perseus molecular cloud using the Arizona Radio Ob…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 54 cited

The Initial Conditions of Clustered Star Formation. II. N2H+ Observations of the Ophiuchus B Core

R. K. Friesen, J. Di Francesco, Y. Shimajiri +1

We present a Nobeyama 45 m Radio Telescope map and Australia Telescope Compact Array pointed observations of N2H+ 1-0 emission towards the clustered, low mass star forming Oph B Co…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 9 cited

Submillimeter Observations of the Quiescent Core - Ophiuchus A-N6

A. Pon, R. Plume, R. K. Friesen +3

We have observed the Oph A-N6 prestellar core in the following transitions: N2D+ J=3 to 2, DCO+ J=3 to 2 and J=5 to 4, HCO+ J=3 to 2, CS J=5 to 4 and J=7 to 6, and H13CO+ J=3 to 2…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 120 cited

The Initial Conditions of Clustered Star Formation I: NH3 Observations of Dense Cores in Ophiuchus

R. K. Friesen, J. Di Francesco, Y. L. Shirley +1

We present combined interferometer and single dish telescope data of NH3 (J,K) = (1,1) and (2,2) emission towards the clustered star forming Ophiuchus B, C and F Cores at high spat…

astro-ph2005★ 17 cited

Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of the submillimetre continuum emission from hot molecular cores

R. K. Friesen, D. Johnstone, D. A. Naylor +1

We have used a Fourier Transform Spectrometer on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope to study the submillimetre continuum emission from dust in three hot molecular cores (HMC). The s…