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20142026
most citedThe TOP-SCOPE survey of Planck Galactic Cold Clumps: Survey overview and results of an exemplar source, PGCC G26.53+0.17

69 citations · 398 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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31 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA Reveals an Explosive Outflow Candidate in IRAS 16119--5048

Yongquan Luo, Jianjun Zhou, Tie Liu +24

We present a multiwavelength study of the massive star formation region IRAS 16119-5048 (I16119) using ALMA ATOMS Band 3 and QUARKS Band 6 observations, complemented by archival AT…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALOHA IRDCs Molecular Line Follow-up: I. Gas properties and kinematics

Jinjin Xie, Yaoting Yan, Zhiyuan Ren +109

Infrared Dark Clouds are ideal sites for investigating the initial conditions of massive star and cluster formation. The A Lei Of the Habitat and Assembly of Infrared Dark Clouds (…

astro-ph.GA2026

The TOP-SCOPE Survey of Planck Galactic Cold Clumps: Molecular gas properties

Yuebin Yang, Jarken Esimbek, Tie Liu +11

We surveyed 2008 Planck Galactic Cold Clumps (PGCCs) in and --0 lines using the Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO) 14 m telescope'…

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

The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Hot Molecular Cores are a long-standing phenomenon in the evolution of massive protostars

Dezhao Meng, Tie Liu, Jarken Esimbek +34

We present an analysis of the QUARKS survey sample, focusing on protoclusters where Hot Molecular Cores (HMCs, traced by CH3CN(12--11)) and UC HII regions (traced by H30α/H40α) coe…

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.GA2025★ 1 cited

The Impact of Expanding HII Regions on Filament G37:Curved Magnetic Field and Multiple Direction Material Flows

Mengke Zhao, Xindi Tang, Keping Qiu +2

Filament G37 exhibits a distinctive "caterpillar" shape, characterized by two semicircular structures within its 40\,pc-long body, providing an ideal target to investigate the form…

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.GA2024

Magnetic Field of Molecular Gas Measured with the Velocity Gradient Technique II: Curved Magnetic Field in kpc-Scale Bubble of NGC\,628

Mengke Zhao, Jianjun Zhou, Willem A. Baan +9

We report the detection of the ordered alignment between the magnetic field and kpc-scale bubbles in the nearby spiral galaxy, NGC\,628. Applying the Velocity Gradient Technique (V…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 1 cited

Ammonia Observations of Planck Cold Cores

Dilda Berdikhan., Jarken Esimbek., Christian Henkel. +11

Single-pointing observations of NH (1,1) and (2,2) were conducted towards 672 Planck Early Release Cold Cores (ECCs) using the Nanshan 26-m radio telescope. Out of these source…

astro-ph.GA2023

Magnetic Fields in Giant Filaments Probed by the Velocity Gradient Technique: Regular Magnetic Field interrupted by Magnetization Gaps

Mengke Zhao, Guang-Xing Li, Jianjun Zhou +7

We study the magnetic field structures in six giant filaments associated with the spiral arms of the Milky Way by applying the Velocity Gradient technique (VGT) to the 13CO spectro…

astro-ph.GA2023

Investigating a Global Collapsing Hub-Filament Cloud G326.611+0.811

Yu-Xin He, Hong-Li Liu, Xin-Di Tang +8

We present the dynamics study toward the G326.611+0.811 (G326) hub-filament-system (HFS) cloud using the new APEX observations of both CO and CO (J = 2-1). The G326 H…

astro-ph.GA2023

Infall Motions in the Hot Core Associated with Hypercompact HII Region G345.0061+01.794 B

Toktarkhan Komesh, Guido Garay, Christian Henkel +13

We report high angular resolution observations, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in band 6, of high excitation molecular lines of and and of the…

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★ 10 cited

Magnetic Field of Molecular Gas Measured with the Velocity Gradient Technique I. Orion A

Mengke Zhao, Jianjun Zhou, Yue Hu +8

Magnetic fields play an important role in the evolution of molecular clouds and star formation. Using the Velocity Gradient Technique (VGT) model, we measured the magnetic field in…

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.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.GA2019★ 3 cited

Spatial Variation of the Chemical Properties of Massive Star-forming Clumps

Mingyue Li, Jianjun Zhou, Jarken Esimbek +4

We selected 90 massive star-forming clumps with strong N2H+, HCO+, HCN, and HNC emission from the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz survey. We obtained Herschel data for all…

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…