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20242026
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6 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Origin of open clusters revealed by the evolution of the m_maxM_ecl relation

J. W. Zhou, Sami Dib, Pavel Kroupa

Using the Gaia DR3 open cluster catalog, we identified the most massive star in each observed cluster. Examining the m_maxM_cluster relations across different age ranges, we fin…

astro-ph.GA2026

Connecting Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies -II. An Observationally Driven Analytical Model for Predicting Cloud-Scale Star Formation Rates

J. W. Zhou, Amelie Saintonge, Sami Dib +1

We construct a model by integrating observational constraints from the Milky Way and nearby galaxies to predict cloud-scale star formation rates (SFRs). In the model, we first esti…

astro-ph.GA2025

The post-gas expulsion coalescence of embedded clusters as an origin of open clusters

J. W. Zhou, Sami Dib, Pavel Kroupa

The mismatch between the mass function of the Milky Way's embedded clusters (ECs) and that of open clusters (OCs) raises the question of whether each OC originates from a single EC…

astro-ph.GA2024

The star formation histories, star formation efficiencies and ionizing sources of ATLASGAL clumps with HII regions

J. W. Zhou, Sami Dib, Pavel Kroupa

1226 ATLASGAL clumps with HII regions were matched with radio sources in the CORNISH-North/South surveys, and 392 of them have corresponding radio sources. We determined the stella…

astro-ph.GA2024

Physical properties of embedded clusters in ATLASGAL clumps with HII regions

J. W. Zhou, Pavel Kroupa, Sami Dib

Using the optimal sampling model, we synthesized the embedded clusters of ATLASGAL clumps with HII regions (HII-clumps). The 0.1 Myr isochrone was used to estimate the bolometric l…

astro-ph.GA2024

Self-similar cluster structures in massive star-forming regions: Isolated evolution from clumps to embedded clusters

J. W. Zhou, Pavel Kroupa, Sami Dib

We used the dendrogram algorithm to decompose the surface density distributions of stars into hierarchical structures. These structures were tied to the multiscale structures of st…