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20122026
most citedThe Qitai Radio Telescope

104 citations · 456 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

A 1.3 cm spectral line study of the W33 region

Kadirya Tursun, Christian Henkel, Jarken Esimbek +14

At a distance of 2.4kpc, W33 is one of the most prolific sources of molecular line emission, and it is an excellent research target for a centimeter spectral line search. We carrie…

astro-ph.GA2026

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Investigating Thermal Feedback of Massive Protostars in Hot Molecular Cores

Dezhao Meng, Tie Liu, Jarken Esimbek +33

We identify a sample of 83 spatially resolved hot molecular cores (HMCs) in the QUARKS survey, aiming at investigating thermal feedback from massive stars. Using CHCN\,(12--11)…

astro-ph.GA2025

Evidence for Core-Core Collision in Barnard 68

Dalei Li, Christian Henkel, Alexander Kraus +10

The prestellar core Barnard 68 (B68) is a prototypical source to study the initial conditions and chemical processes of star formation. A previous numerical simulation suggested th…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

Cloud-cloud collision and star formation in G013.313+0.193

Dilda Berdikhan, Jarken Esimbek, Christian Henkel +18

We study the G013.313+0.193 G013.313 region, a complex environment characterized by molecular cloud interactions indicative of cloud-cloud collision (CCC). Observations of the NH3(…

astro-ph.GA2024

The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: Fibers' role in star formation unveiled in an intermediate-mass protocluster region of the Vela D cloud

Dongting Yang, HongLi Liu, Tie Liu +32

In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of the IRS 17 filament within the intermediate-mass protocluster IRAS 08448-4343 (of ), using ALMA data fro…

astro-ph.GA2024

NH3 (1,1) hyperfine intensity anomalies in infall sources

Gang Wu, Christian Henkel, Dongdong Zhou +3

Identifying infall motions is crucial for our understanding of accretion processes in regions of star formation. The NH3 (1,1) hyperfine intensity anomaly (HIA) has been proposed t…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 12 cited

Kinematics and star formation of hub-filament systems in W49A

WenJun Zhang, Jianjun Zhou, Jarken Esimbek +11

W49A is a prominent giant molecular cloud (GMC) that exhibits strong star formation activities, yet its structural and kinematic properties remain uncertain. Our study aims to inve…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 104 cited

The Qitai Radio Telescope

Na Wang, Qian Xu, Jun Ma +25

This study presents a general outline of the Qitai radio telescope (QTT) project. Qitai, the site of the telescope, is a county of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, locate…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

ALMA and VLBA views on the outflow associated with an O-type protostar in G26.50+0.28

Gang Wu, Christian Henkel, Ye Xu +6

Protostellar jets and outflows are essential ingredients of the star formation process. A better understanding of this phenomenon is important in its own right as well as for many…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 16 cited

Gravitational collapse and accretion flows in the hub filament system G323.46-0.08

Yingxiu Ma, Jianjun Zhou, Jarken Esimbek +9

We studied the hub filament system G323.46-0.08 based on archival molecular line data from the SEDIGISM 13CO survey and infrared data from the GLIMPSE, MIPS, and Hi-GAL surveys. G3…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 6 cited

Cloud-cloud collision and star formation in G323.18+0.15

Yingxiu. Ma, Jianjun. Zhou, Jarken. Esimbek +8

We studied the cloud-cloud collision candidate G323.18+0.15 based on signatures of induced filaments, clumps, and star formation. We used archival molecular spectrum line data from…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 6 cited

HI mapping of the Leo Triplet: Morphologies and kinematics of tails and bridges

Gang Wu, David Martínez-Delgado, Christian Henkel +9

A fully-sampled and hitherto highest resolution and sensitivity observation of neutral hydrogen (HI) in the Leo Triplet (NGC 3628, M 65/NGC 3623, and M 66/NGC 3627) reveals six HI…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 12 cited

Extended HNCO, SiO, and HCN emission in 43 southern star-forming regions

Yu-Xin He, Christian Henkel, Jian-Jun Zhou +9

We have selected 43 southern massive star-forming regions to study the spatial distribution of HNCO 4-3, SiO 2-1 and HCN 10-9 line emission and to investigate t…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 8 cited

Studies of the distinct regions due to CO selective dissociation in the Aquila molecular cloud

Toktarkhan Komesh, Willem Baan, Jarken Esimbek +6

Aims. We investigate the role of selective dissociation in the process of star formation by comparing the physical parameters of protostellar-prestellar cores and the distinct regi…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 10 cited

Ammonia observations towards the Aquila Rift cloud complex

Kadirya Tursun, Jarken Esimbek, Christian Henkel +7

We surveyed the Aquila Rift complex including the Serpens South and W40 region in the NH(1,1) and (2,2) transitions making use of the Nanshan 26-m telescope. The kinetic temper…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 12 cited

Evidence for dense gas heated by the explosion in Orion KL

Dalei Li, Xindi Tang, Christian Henkel +7

We mapped the kinetic temperature structure of Orion KL in a 20 (8000 AU) sized region with para-HCS , , and mak…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 10 cited

NH (1,1) hyperfine intensity anomalies in the Orion A molecular cloud

Dong-dong Zhou, Gang Wu, Jarken Esimbek +5

In LTE, the two inner satellite lines (ISLs) and the two outer satellite lines (OSLs) of the NH (1,1) transition are each predicted to have equal intensities. However, hyperf…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 9 cited

Effects of infall and outflow on massive star-forming regions

Qiang Li, Jianjun Zhou, Jarken Esimbek +8

A total of 188 high-mass outflows have been identified from a sample of 694 clumps from the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz survey, representing a detection rate of approxi…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 12 cited

Molecular environs and triggered star formation around the large Galactic infrared bubble N 24

Xu Li, Jarken Esimbek, Jianjun Zhou +10

A multi-wavelength analysis of the large Galactic infrared bubble N 24 is has been presented in this paper in order to investigate the molecular and star formation environment arou…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 15 cited

and Observations toward the Aquila Molecular Cloud

Toktarkhan Komesh, Jarken Esimbek, Willem Baan +7

The formaldehyde absorption line and H radio recombination line (RRL) have been observed toward the Aquila Molecular Cloud using the Nanshan 25 m…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 17 cited

High-mass outflows identified from COHRS CO\,(3 - 2) Survey

Qiang Li, Jianjun Zhou, Jarken Esimbek +6

An unbiased search of molecular outflows within the region of the COHRS survey has identified 157 high-mass outflows from a sample of 770 ATLASGAL clumps with a detection rate of 2…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 20 cited

Extended ammonia observations towards the 'Integral-Shaped Filament'

Gang Wu, Keping Qiu, Jarken Esimbek +4

Recent observations suggest a scenario in which filamentary structures in the ISM represent the first step towards clumps/cores and eventually star formation. The densest filaments…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 31 cited

Properties of massive star-forming clumps with infall motions

Yu-Xin He, Jian-Jun Zhou, Jarken Esimbek +7

In this work, we aim to characterise high-mass clumps with infall motions. We selected 327 clumps from the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90-GHz (MALT90) survey, and identified 1…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 63 cited

Infall Motions in Massive Star-Forming Regions: Results from Years 1 & 2 of the MALT90 Survey

Yu-Xin He, Jian-Jun Zhou, Jarken Esimbek +6

Massive star-forming regions with observed infall motions are good sites for studying the birth of massive stars. In this paper, 405 compact sources have been extracted from the AP…