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astro-ph.SR2026

Formation of a Protostellar Multiple System via Rotational Fragmentation

Tie Liu, Qiuyi Luo, Siju Zhang +1

We present a multi-scale analysis of the dense core G205.46-14.56-N2 and its host filament G205.46-14.56 using ALMA, Herschel, JCMT, and PMO observations. The filament exhibits a h…

astro-ph.GA2026

Evolution of starless cores in massive clumps seen by the ALMA ASHES and QUARKS surveys

Dongting Yang, Hong-li Liu, Sheng-li Qin +28

We present a systematic comparative analysis of 324 starless cores in early-phase infrared-dark clouds (IRDCs; ASHES survey) and evolved-phase infrared-bright clouds (IRBCs; QUARKS…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Tracking Protostellar Variability in Massive Protoclusters with ALMA: I. Insights from QUARKS and MaMMOtH

Yuhan Yang, Tie Liu, Sheng-Yuan Liu +22

Millimeter/submillimeter variability is often attributed to dynamical disk-mediated accretion, yet detection is limited to low-mass protostars in nearby clouds. Recent observations…

astro-ph.GA2025

Core mass function in view of fractal and turbulent filaments and fibers

Xunchuan Liu, Tie Liu, Xiaofeng Mai +5

We propose that the core mass function (CMF) can be driven by filament fragmentation. To model a star-forming system of filaments and fibers, we develop a fractal and turbulent tre…

astro-ph.GA2024

ATOMS: ALMA three-millimeter observations of massive star-forming regions -- XVIII. On the origin and evolution of dense gas fragments in molecular shells of compact HII regions

Siju Zhang, Tie Liu, Ke Wang +16

Fragmentation and evolution for the molecular shells of the compact HII regions are less explored compared to their evolved counterparts. We map nine compact HII regions with a typ…

astro-ph.GA2024

JCMT 850 $\micron$ continuum observations of density structures in the G35 molecular complex

Xianjin Shen, Hong-Li Liu, Zhiyuan Ren +32

Filaments are believed to play a key role in high-mass star formation. We present a systematic study of the filaments and their hosting clumps in the G35 molecular complex using JC…

astro-ph.GA2023

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: -- I. Survey description and data reduction

Xunchuan Liu, Tie Liu, Lei Zhu +31

This paper presents an overview of the QUARKS survey, which stands for `Querying Underlying mechanisms of massive star formation with ALMA-Resolved gas Kinematics and Structures'.…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 55 cited

Evidence of high-mass star formation through multi-scale mass accretion in hub-filament-system clouds

Hong-Li Liu, Anandmayee Tej, Tie Liu +30

We present a statistical study of a sample of 17 hub-filament-system (HFS) clouds of high-mass star formation using high-angular resolution (1-2 arcsecond) ALMA 1.3mm and 3mm…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

Fragmentation of the High-mass "Starless'' Core G10.21-0.31: a Coherent Evolutionary Picture for Star Formation

Wenyu Jiao, Ke Wang, Thushara G. S. Pillai +3

G10.21-0.31 is a 70 m-dark high-mass starless core ( within pc) identified in , , and APEX continuum surveys, and is beli…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 71 cited

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -- XV. Steady Accretion from Global Collapse to Core Feeding in Massive Hub-filament System SDC335

Feng-Wei Xu, Ke Wang, Tie Liu +37

We present ALMA Band-3/7 observations towards "the Heart" of a massive hub-filament system (HFS) SDC335, to investigate its fragmentation and accretion. At a resolution of $\sim0.0…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 15 cited

Formation of hub-filament structure triggered by cloud-cloud collision in W33 complex

Jian-Wen Zhou, Shanghuo Li, Hong-Li Liu +6

Hub-filament systems are suggested to be birth cradles of high-mass stars and clusters, but the formation of hub-filament structure is still unclear. Using the survey data FUGIN $^…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 86 cited

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -- XI. From inflow to infall in hub-filament systems

Jian-Wen Zhou, Tie Liu, Neal J. Evans +37

We investigate the presence of hub-filament systems in a large sample of 146 active proto-clusters, using HCO J=1-0 molecular line data obtained from the ATOMS survey.…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 13 cited

ALMA Survey of Orion Planck Galactic Cold Clumps (ALMASOP): How do dense core properties affect the multiplicity of protostars?

Qiuyi Luo, Tie Liu, Kenichi Tatematsu +34

During the transition phase from a prestellar to a protostellar cloud core, one or several protostars can form within a single gas core. The detailed physical processes of this tra…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 36 cited

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions-IX. A pilot study towards IRDC G034.43+00.24 on multi-scale structures and gas kinematics

Hong-Li Liu, Anandmayee Tej, Tie Liu +21

We present a comprehensive study of the gas kinematics associated with density structures at different spatial scales in the filamentary infrared dark cloud, G034.43+00.24 (G34). T…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 10 cited

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -- VII. A catalogue of SiO clumps from ACA observations

Rong Liu, Tie Liu, Gang Chen +28

To understand the nature of SiO emission, we conducted ACA observations of the SiO (2-1) lines toward 146 massive star-forming regions, as part of the ALMA Three-millimeter Observa…

astro-ph.GA2021

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions -- V. Hierarchical fragmentation and gas dynamics in IRDC G034.43+00.24

Hong-Li Liu, Anandmayee Tej, Tie Liu +35

We present new 3-mm continuum and molecular lines observations from the ATOMS survey towards the massive protostellar clump, MM1, located in the filamentary infrared dark cloud (IR…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 19 cited

The effects of ionization feedback on star formation: A case study of the M16 H II region

Jin-Long Xu, Annie Zavagno, Naiping Yu +8

We aim to investigate the impact of the ionized radiation from the M16 HII region on the surrounding molecular cloud and on its hosted star formation. To present comprehensive mult…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 47 cited

Interactions of the Infrared bubble N4 with the surroundings

Hong-Li Liu, Jin-Zeng Li, Yuefang Wu +11

The physical mechanisms that induce the transformation of a certain mass of gas in new stars are far from being well understood. Infrared bubbles associated with HII regions have b…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 4 cited

HII region G46.5-0.2: the interplay between ionizing radiation, molecular gas and star formation

S. Paron, M. E. Ortega, G. Dubner +8

HII regions are particularly interesting because they can generate dense layers of gas and dust, elongated columns or pillars of gas pointing towards the ionizing sources, and come…