15 papers
Resolving dense photodissociation regions: the structure of photochemical fronts in three-dimensional gas distributions
Brandt A. L. Gaches, Thomas G. Bisbas, Lothar Brendel +1
For decades, the Orion Bar has been the prototypical photodissociation region. Viewed nearly edge-on, it offers a unique window into the stratified chemical structure of the atomic…
Anomalously high deuterium fractionation in a galactic translucent cloud: a challenge to chemical models
Gan Luo, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Thomas G. Bisbas +8
Deuterated (D-) species have long been proposed to diagnose the physical conditions and chemical evolution of cold dense molecular clouds. While deuterium fractionation has been ex…
A HINSA view of cosmic-ray ionization in IC 348 and NGC 1333: evidence for a strong low-energy cosmic-ray disparity
Gan Luo, Marco Padovani, Daniele Galli +5
The cosmic-ray ionization rate (CRIR) is one of the fundamental parameters influencing the chemical and dynamical evolution of molecular clouds. Although observations in recent yea…
Star Formation Drives Production of Low Energy Cosmic Rays
Ningyu Tang, Jiahao Liu, Di Li +18
For over a century, the origin of low-energy cosmic rays (LECRs), the dominant heaters and ionizers of dense interstellar gas, remains elusive owing to solar modulation and uncerta…
RAYTHEIA: A high-performance ray-tracing algorithm for three-dimensional direction-dependent equations in astronomical simulations
Zhengping Zhu, Thomas G. Bisbas, Xuefei Tang +3
We present RAYTHEIA, a high-performance reverse ray-tracing algorithm designed to efficiently solve three-dimensional direction-dependent equations in astronomical simulations. The…
The SOMA Atomic Outflow Survey. I. An Atomic OI and Highly Ionized OIII Outflow from Massive Protostar G11.94-00.62
Phillip Oakey, Yao-Lun Yang, Jonathan C. Tan +7
Massive stars regulate galaxy evolution and star formation through their physical and chemical feedback, but their formation remains poorly understood. Accretion-powered outflows p…