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Absorption Filaments Towards the Massive Clump G0.253+0.016
John Bally, J. M. Rathborne, S. N. Longmore +11
ALMA HCO+ observations of the infrared dark cloud G0.253+0.016 located in the Central Molecular Zone of the Galaxy are presented. The 89 GHz emission is area-filling, optically thi…
G0.253+0.016: A centrally condensed, high-mass protocluster
J. M. Rathborne, S. N. Longmore, J. M. Jackson +9
Despite their importance as stellar nurseries and the building blocks of galaxies, very little is known about the formation of the highest mass clusters. The dense clump G0.253+0.0…
The Formation and Early Evolution of Young Massive Clusters
Steven N. Longmore, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Nate Bastian +7
We review the formation and early evolution of the most massive and dense young stellar clusters, focusing on the role they can play in our understanding of star and planet formati…
Candidate super star cluster progenitor gas clouds possibly triggered by close passage to Sgr A*
S. N. Longmore, J. M. D. Kruijssen, J. Bally +8
Super star clusters are the end product of star formation under the most extreme conditions. As such, studying how their final stellar populations are assembled from their natal pr…
Modes of star formation from Herschel
Leonardo Testi, Eli Bressert, S. Longmore
We summarize some of the results obtained from Herschel surveys of the nearby star forming regions and the Galactic plane. We show that in the nearby star forming regions the starl…
How to Find Young Massive Cluster Progenitors
Eli Bressert, Adam Ginsburg, Cara Battersby +3
We propose that bound, young massive stellar clusters form from dense clouds that have escape speeds greater than the sound speed in photo-ionized gas. In these clumps, radiative f…
Variations in the Galactic star formation rate and density thresholds for star formation
S. N. Longmore, J. Bally, L. Testi +11
The conversion of gas into stars is a fundamental process in astrophysics and cosmology. Stars are known to form from the gravitational collapse of dense clumps in interstellar mol…
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. VII. A low velocity dispersion for the young massive cluster R136
V. Hénault-Brunet, C. J. Evans, H. Sana +8
Detailed studies of resolved young massive star clusters are necessary to determine their dynamical state and evaluate the importance of gas expulsion and early cluster evolution.…
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey VI: Evidence for rotation of the young massive cluster R136
V. Hénault-Brunet, M. Gieles, C. J. Evans +8
Although it has important ramifications for both the formation of star clusters and their subsequent dynamical evolution, rotation remains a largely unexplored characteristic of yo…
The Milky Way Project: A statistical study of massive star formation associated with infrared bubbles
Sarah Kendrew, Robert J. Simpson, Eli Bressert +6
The Milky Way Project citizen science initiative recently increased the number of known infrared bubbles in the inner Galactic plane by an order of magnitude compared to previous s…