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most citedHerschel view of the Taurus B211/3 filament and striations: Evidence of filamentary growth?

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43 papers

astro-ph.GA2024

Herschel Gould Belt Survey in Taurus. II: A census of dense cores and filaments in the TMC1 region

Jason Kirk, Derek Ward-Thompson, James Di Francesco +12

We present a catalogue of dense cores and filaments in a field around the TMC1 region of the Taurus Molecular Cloud. The catalogue was created using…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

A low-mass hub-filament with double centre revealed in NGC2071-North

Vera Könyves, Derek Ward-Thompson, Yoshito Shimajiri +2

We present the first analysis in NGC2071-North as a resolved hub-filament featuring a double centre. This parsec-scale filament hub contains 500 $M_\odo…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 44 cited

On the typical width of Herschel filaments

Ph. André, P. Palmeirim, D. Arzoumanian

Herschel studies suggest that nearby (d < 500 pc) molecular filaments have a typical half-power width ~0.1pc, but this finding has been questioned on the ground that the measured w…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 48 cited

Filament coalescence and hub structure in MonR2: Implications to massive star and cluster formation

M. S. N. Kumar, D. Arzoumanian, A. Men'shchikov +3

Here we study the MonR2 star forming region, which has a rich network of filaments joining in a star cluster forming hub, aiming at understanding the hub structure and to examine t…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 22 cited

Probing the structure of a massive filament: ArTeMiS 350 and 450 micron mapping of the integral-shaped filament in Orion A

F. Schuller, Ph. André, Y. Shimajiri +18

(abridged) Within the Orion A molecular cloud, the integral-shaped filament (ISF) is a prominent, degree-long structure of dense gas and dust, with clear signs of recent and on-goi…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 106 cited

The Hi-GAL compact source catalogue -- II. The 360° catalogue of clump physical properties

D. Elia, M. Merello, S. Molinari +29

We present the catalogue of physical properties of Hi-GAL compact sources, detected between 70 and 500 m. This release not only completes the analogous catalogue pre…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 48 cited

Physical properties of the ambient medium and of dense cores in the Perseus star-forming region derived from Herschel Gould Belt Survey observations

S. Pezzuto, M. Benedettini, J. Di Francesco +20

(Abridged) In this paper, we present analyses of images taken with the Herschel ESA satellite from 70mu to 500mu. We first constructed column density and dust temperature maps. Nex…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 26 cited

Compressed magnetized shells of atomic gas and the formation of the Corona Australis molecular cloud

Andrea Bracco, David Bresnahan, Pedro Palmeirim +4

We present the identification of the previously unnoticed physical association between the Corona Australis molecular cloud (CrA), traced by interstellar dust emission, and two she…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 33 cited

Herschel Gould Belt Survey Observations of Dense Cores in the Cepheus Flare Clouds

James Di Francesco, Jared Keown, Cassandra Fallscheer +17

We present Herschel SPIRE and PACS maps of the Cepheus Flare clouds L1157, L1172, L1228, L1241, and L1251, observed by the Herschel Gould Belt Survey (HGBS) of nearby star-forming…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 168 cited

Unifying low and high mass star formation through density amplified hubs of filaments

M. S. N. Kumar, P. Palmeirim, D. Arzoumanian +1

Context: Star formation takes place in giant molecular clouds, resulting in mass-segregated young stellar clusters composed of Sun-like stars, brown dwarves, and massive O-type(50-…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 29 cited

The accretion history of high-mass stars: An ArTéMiS pilot study of Infrared Dark Clouds

N. Peretto, A. Rigby, Ph. André +14

The mass growth of protostars is a central element to the determination of fundamental stellar population properties such as the initial mass function. Constraining the accretion h…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 33 cited

The role of Galactic HII regions in the formation of filaments. High-resolution submilimeter imaging of RCW 120 with ArTéMiS

A. Zavagno, Ph. André, F. Schuller +13

Massive stars and their associated ionized (HII) regions could play a key role in the formation and evolution of filaments that host star formation. However, the properties of fila…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 97 cited

The Herschel view of the dense core population in the Ophiuchus molecular cloud

Bilal Ladjelate, Philippe André, Vera Könyves +13

Herschel observations of nearby clouds in the Gould Belt support a paradigm for low-mass star formation, starting with the generation of molecular filaments, followed by filament f…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 60 cited

Angular momentum profiles of Class 0 protostellar envelopes

M. Gaudel, A. J. Maury, A. Belloche +10

[abridged] Understanding how the infalling gas redistribute most of its initial angular momentum inherited from prestellar cores before reaching the stellar embryo is a key questio…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 83 cited

The Hi-GAL catalogue of dusty filamentary structures in the Galactic Plane

E. Schisano, S. Molinari, D. Elia +27

The recent data collected by {\it Herschel} have confirmed that interstellar structures with filamentary shape are ubiquitously present in the Milky Way. Filaments are thought to b…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 53 cited

Probing fragmentation and velocity sub-structure in the massive NGC 6334 filament with ALMA

Y. Shimajiri, Ph. Andre, E. Ntormousi +3

Herschel surveys of Galactic clouds support a paradigm for low-mass star formation in which dense filaments play a crucial role. The detailed fragmentation properties of star-formi…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 76 cited

Probing accretion of ambient cloud material into the Taurus B211/B213 filament

Y. Shimajiri, Ph. Andre, P. Palmeirim +5

Herschel observations have emphasized the role of molecular filaments in star formation. However, the origin and evolution of these filaments are not yet well understood, partly be…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 212 cited

Characterizing the properties of nearby molecular filaments observed with Herschel

D. Arzoumanian, Ph. André, V. Könyves +8

[Abridged] Molecular filaments have received special attention recently, thanks to new observational results on their properties. In particular, our early analysis of filament prop…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 55 cited

A catalogue of dense cores and young stellar objects in the Lupus complex based on Herschel Gould Belt Survey observations

M. Benedettini, S. Pezzuto, E. Schisano +13

The Herschel Gould Belt Survey key project mapped the bulk of nearby star-forming molecular clouds in five far-infrared bands with the aim of compiling complete census of prestella…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 55 cited

The dense cores and filamentary structure of the molecular cloud in Corona Australis. Herschel SPIRE and PACS observations from the Herschel Gould Belt Survey

David Bresnahan, D. Ward-Thompson, J. M. Kirk +16

We present a catalogue of prestellar and starless cores within the Corona Australis molecular cloud using photometric data from the Herschel Space Observatory. At a distance of d~1…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 157 cited

Multi-temperature mapping of dust structures throughout the Galactic Plane using the PPMAP tool with Herschel Hi-GAL data

K. A. Marsh, A. P. Whitworth, O. Lomax +13

We describe new Hi-GAL based maps of the entire Galactic Plane, obtained using continuum data in the wavelength range 70-500 m. These maps are derived with the PPMAP procedure,…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 61 cited

Probing changes of dust properties along a chain of solar-type prestellar and protostellar cores in Taurus with NIKA

A. Bracco, P. Palmeirim, Ph. André +45

The characterization of dust properties in the interstellar medium (ISM) is key for star formation. Mass estimates are crucial to determine gravitational collapse conditions for th…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 36 cited

Spatial distribution of star formation related to ionized regions throughout the inner Galactic plane

P. Palmeirim, A. Zavagno, D. Elia +35

We present a comprehensive statistical analysis of star-forming objects located in the vicinities of 1 360 bubble structures throughout the Galactic Plane and their local environme…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 39 cited

The JCMT and Herschel Gould Belt Surveys: A comparison of SCUBA-2 and Herschel data of dense cores in the Taurus dark cloud L1495

Derek Ward-Thompson, Kate Pattle, Jason Kirk +27

We present a comparison of SCUBA-2 850-m and Herschel 70--500-m observations of the L1495 filament in the Taurus Molecular Cloud with the goal of characterising the SCUBA-2 G…