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20032026
most citedDR 21(OH): a highly fragmented, magnetized, turbulent dense core

103 citations · 251 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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23 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.IM2026

Tracking the flow of interstellar gas across scales: from galaxies to star clusters

Ana Duarte-Cabral, Maxime Valeille-Manet, Mathilde Bouvier +30

While the baryon cycle of the interstellar medium - and its ability to form stars - plays a key role in galaxy evolution, unravelling the physical processes driving its evolution r…

astro-ph.GA2026

Multi-Scale Magnetic Field Observations Reveal how Colliding Flows Trigger Star Formation

Jia-Wei Wang, Patrick M. Koch, Hauyu Baobab Liu +4

Magnetic fields play a crucial yet complex role in star formation, while their connection between large-scale filamentary clouds and small-scale young stellar objects remains poorl…

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.GA2026

Magnetic threads and gravity: ALMA Observations of IRDC G14.225-0.506

Nacho Añez-López, Gemma Busquet, Josep Miquel Girart +14

During the star formation process, the interplay between gravity, turbulence, and B-fields is significant, with B-fields apparently serving a regulatory function. However, the exte…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA Polarization Study of the Magnetic Fields in Two Massive Clumps in the 20 km s Cloud of the Central Molecular Zone

Yuhua Liu, Xing Lu, Junhao Liu +14

We present the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of linearly polarized 870 m continuum emission at a resolution of 0.2 (200…

astro-ph.GA2025

Impact of gravity on changing magnetic field orientations in a sample of massive protostellar clusters observed with ALMA

Qizhou Zhang, Junhao Liu, Lingzhen Zeng +12

The magnetic field is integral to our understanding of the formation and dynamical evolution of molecular clouds and star formation within. We present a polarimetric survey of 17 m…

astro-ph.SR2025

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) XXII: Keplerian disk, disk structures and jets/outflows in the Class 0 protostar IRAS 04166+2706

Nguyen Thi Phuong, Chang Won Lee, John J. Tobin +20

We present ALMA observations of the Class 0 protostar IRAS 04166+2706, obtained as part of the ALMA large program Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). These observatio…

astro-ph.GA2025

Key Physical Parameters Influencing Fragmentation and Multiplicity in Dense Cores of Orion A

Jo-Shui Kao, Hsi-Wei Yen, Shih-Ping Lai

When dense cores in molecular clouds or filamentary structures collapse and form protostars, they may undergo fragmentation and form binary or multiple systems. In this paper, we i…

astro-ph.EP2025

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) XVII: A Compact but Structured Keplerian Disk and Large-scale Streamers Revealed in the Class I Protostellar System IRAS 04169+2702

Ilseung Han, Woojin Kwon, Yusuke Aso +22

We present high-resolution (0.05"; 8 au) dust continuum and molecular line observations toward the Class I protostellar system IRAS 04169+2702 in the Taurus B213 region, as p…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

The JCMT BISTRO-3 Survey: Variation of magnetic field orientations on parsec and sub-parsec scales in the massive star-forming region G28.34+0.06

Jihye Hwang, Kate Pattle, Chang Won Lee +35

Magnetic fields play a significant role in star-forming processes on core to clump scales. We investigate magnetic field orientations and strengths in the massive star-forming clum…

astro-ph.GA2025

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Unveiling the Magnetic Fields around Galactic Center

Meng-Zhe Yang, Shih-Ping Lai, Janik Karoly +40

We acquired 450 μm and 850 μm dust continuum polarization observations toward the inner region of the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) as part of the B-Fields In Star-Forming Region Ob…

astro-ph.SR2025

Early Grain Growth in the Young Protostellar Disk HH 212 Supported by Dust Self-Scattering Modeling

Ying-Chi Hu, Chin-Fei Lee, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin +3

Grain growth in disks around young stars plays a crucial role in the formation of planets. Early grain growth has been suggested in the HH 212 protostellar disk by previous polariz…

astro-ph.GA2025

Evidence for the gravity-driven and magnetically-regularized gas flows feeding the massive protostellar cluster in Cepheus A

Panigrahy Sandhyarani, Chakali Eswaraiah, Di Li +8

The hierarchical interplay among gravity, magnetic fields, and turbulence in forming massive protostellar clusters remains elusive. We present high-resolution (14 arcsec $\si…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 7 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). XI. A high-resolution view toward the BHR 71 Class 0 protostellar wide binary

Sacha Gavino, Jes K. Jørgensen, Rajeeb Sharma +25

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the binary Class 0 protostellar system BHR 71 IRS1 and IRS2 as part of the Early Planet Formation in…

astro-ph.SR2024

Multiple misaligned outflows and warped accretion flows in the proto-multiple system Per-emb-8 and 55

Shang-Jing Lin, Hsi-Wei Yen, Shih-Ping Lai

To investigate the formation process of multiple systems, we have analyzed the ALMA archival data of the 1.3 mm continuum, CO (2-1) and CO (2-1) emission in a proto-m…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Deuterium fractionation of the starless core L 1498

Sheng-Jun Lin, Shih-Ping Lai, Laurent Pagani +2

Molecular deuteration is commonly seen in starless cores and is expected to occur on a timescale comparable to that of the core contraction. Thus, the deuteration serves as a chemi…

astro-ph.SR2024

The First Estimation of the Ambipolar Diffusivity Coefficient from Multi-Scale Observations of the Class 0/I Protostar, HOPS-370

Travis J. Thieme, Shih-Ping Lai, Yueh-Ning Lee +2

Protostars are born in magnetized environments. As a consequence, the formation of protostellar disks can be suppressed by the magnetic field efficiently removing angular momentum…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 39 cited

Resolving Linear Polarization due to Emission and Extinction of Aligned Dust Grains on NGC1333 IRAS4A with JVLA and ALMA

Chia-Lin Ko, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Shih-Ping Lai +3

We report high angular resolution observations of linearly polarized dust emission towards the Class 0 young stellar object (YSO) NGC1333 IRAS4A (hereafter, IRAS4A) using the Karl…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 58 cited

Helical Magnetic Fields in the NGC1333 IRAS 4A Protostellar Outflows

Tao-Chung Ching, Shih-Ping Lai, Qizhou Zhang +3

We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) polarization observations of the CO = 3--2 line toward the NGC1333 IRAS 4A. The CO Stokes maps at an angular resolution of 1$\arc…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 103 cited

DR 21(OH): a highly fragmented, magnetized, turbulent dense core

J. M. Girart, P. Frau, Q. Zhang +5

We present high-angular-resolution observations of the massive star forming core DR21(OH) at 880 mum using the Submillimeter Array (SMA). The dense core exhibits an overall velocit…

astro-ph2003★ 37 cited

The Physical and Chemical Status of Pre-protostellar Core B68

Shih-Ping Lai, T. Velusamy, W. D. Langer +1

We have investigated the physical and chemical status of the pre-protostellar core B68. A previous extinction study suggested that the density profile of B68 is remarkably consiste…