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most citedThe JCMT Gould Belt Survey: First results from the SCUBA-2 observations of the Ophiuchus molecular cloud and a virial analysis of its prestellar core population

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81 papers

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.SR2026

Radio Continuum and Water Maser Monitoring of the Outburst in HOPS 373: Free-Free Emission Does Not Respond to the Outburst

John Tobin, Doug Johnstone, Greg Herczeg +5

We present VLA C-band (5~cm) continuum, K-band (1.3~cm) continuum, and water maser (22.235 GHz) monitoring of the protostar HOPS-373. We additionally present the contemporaneous mo…

astro-ph.GA2025

Submillimeter and Mid-Infrared Variability of Young Stellar Objects in the M17 HII Region

Zhiwei Chen, Doug Johnstone, Carlos Contreras Peña +12

We conducted a comprehensive analysis of young stellar object (YSO) variability at submillimeter and mid-infrared (mid-IR) wavelengths for the M\,17 \ion{H}{2} region, using 3.5 ye…

astro-ph.SR2025

Sub-Millimeter Variability in the Envelope & Warped Protostellar Disk of the Class 0 Protostar HOPS 358

Patrick D. Sheehan, Doug Johnstone, Carlos Contreras Peña +7

The JCMT Transient Survey recently discovered that the Class 0 protostar HOPS 358 decreased in 350 GHz continuum brightness by % over the course of four years before bright…

astro-ph.GA2025

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: First results from the Corona Australis molecular cloud and evidence of variable dust emissivity indices in the Coronet region

Kate Pattle, David Bresnahan, Derek Ward-Thompson +47

We present 450m and 850m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) observations of the Corona Australis (CrA) molecular cloud taken as part of the JCMT Gould Belt Legacy Survey (G…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-Shaped Filament as Revealed by JCMT BISTRO survey

Jintai Wu, Keping Qiu, Frederick Poidevin +152

As part of the BISTRO survey, we present JCMT 850 m polarimetric observations towards the Orion Integral-Shaped Filament (ISF) that covers three portions known as OMC-1, OMC-2,…

astro-ph.GA2024

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Fields of the IC 348 Star-forming Region

Youngwoo Choi, Woojin Kwon, Kate Pattle +150

We present 850 m polarization observations of the IC 348 star-forming region in the Perseus molecular cloud as part of the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observation (BISTRO) s…

astro-ph.GA2024

Relative Alignments Between Magnetic Fields, Velocity Gradients, and Dust Emission Gradients in NGC 1333

Michael Chun-Yuan Chen, Laura M. Fissel, Sarah I. Sadavoy +23

Magnetic fields play an important role in shaping and regulating star formation in molecular clouds. Here, we present one of the first studies examining the relative orientations b…

astro-ph.GA2024

Submillimeter and Mid-Infrared Variability of Young Stellar Objects in the M17SWex Intermediate-Mass Star-Forming Region

Geumsook Park, Doug Johnstone, Carlos Contreras Pena +12

We present a comprehensive analysis of young stellar object (YSO) variability within the M17 Southwest Extension (M17 SWex), using 3.5 years of monitoring data from the JCMT Transi…

astro-ph.GA2024

An Extremely Young Protostellar Core, MMS 1/ OMC-3: Episodic Mass Ejection History Traced by the Micro SiO Jet

Satoko Takahashi, Masahiro N. Machida, Mitsuki Omura +11

We present arcsec (80 au) resolution observations of the CO (2-1) and SiO (5-4) lines made with the Atacama large millimeter/submillimeter array toward an extreme…

astro-ph.SR2024

Filamentary Network and Magnetic Field Structures Revealed with BISTRO in the High-Mass Star-Forming Region NGC2264 : Global Properties and Local Magnetogravitational Configurations

Jia-Wei Wang, Patrick M. Koch, Seamus D. Clarke +154

We report 850 m continuum polarization observations toward the filamentary high-mass star-forming region NGC 2264, taken as part of the B-fields In STar forming Regions Observat…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

The JCMT Transient Survey: Six-Year Summary of 450/850\,m Protostellar Variability and Calibration Pipeline Version 2.0

Steve Mairs, Seonjae Lee, Doug Johnstone +15

The JCMT Transient Survey has been monitoring eight Gould Belt low-mass star-forming regions since December 2015 and six somewhat more distant intermediate-mass star-forming region…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 14 cited

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Studying the Complex Magnetic Field of L43

Janik Karoly, Derek Ward-Thompson, Kate Pattle +155

We present observations of polarized dust emission at 850 m from the L43 molecular cloud which sits in the Ophiuchus cloud complex. The data were taken using SCUBA-2/POL-2 on th…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 11 cited

First BISTRO observations of the dark cloud Taurus L1495A-B10: the role of the magnetic field in the earliest stages of low-mass star formation

Derek Ward-Thompson, Janik Karoly, Kate Pattle +155

We present BISTRO Survey 850 μm dust emission polarisation observations of the L1495A-B10 region of the Taurus molecular cloud, taken at the JCMT. We observe a roughly triangular n…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 24 cited

JCMT BISTRO Observations: Magnetic Field Morphology of Bubbles Associated with NGC 6334

Mehrnoosh Tahani, Pierre Bastien, Ray S. Furuya +142

We study the HII regions associated with the NGC 6334 molecular cloud observed in the sub-millimeter and taken as part of the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO)…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 26 cited

The JCMT BISTRO-2 Survey: Magnetic Fields of the Massive DR21 Filament

Tao-Chung Ching, Keping Qiu, Di Li +154

We present 850 m dust polarization observations of the massive DR21 filament from the B-fields In STar-forming Region Observations (BISTRO) survey, using the POL-2 polarimeter a…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 31 cited

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: A Spiral Magnetic Field in a Hub-filament Structure, Monoceros R2

Jihye Hwang, Jongsoo Kim, Kate Pattle +157

We present and analyze observations of polarized dust emission at 850 m towards the central 1 pc 1 pc hub-filament structure of Monoceros R2 (Mon R2). The data are obta…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 18 cited

Accretion Burst Echoes as Probes of Protostellar Environments and Episodic Mass Assembly

Logan Francis, Doug Johnstone, Jeong-Eun Lee +5

Protostars likely accrete material at a highly time variable rate, however, measurements of accretion variability from the youngest protostars are rare, as they are still deeply em…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 11 cited

The JCMT Transient Survey: Single Epoch Transients and Variability of Faint Sources

Doug Johnstone, Bhavana Lalchand, Steve Mairs +13

Short-duration flares at millimeter wavelengths provide unique insights into the strongest magnetic reconnection events in stellar coronae, and combine with longer-term variability…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 27 cited

A SUBLIME 3D Model for Cometary Coma Emission: the Hypervolatile-Rich Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)

M. A. Cordiner, I. M. Coulson, E. Garcia-Berrios +12

The coma of comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) is one of the most chemically peculiar ever observed, in particular due to its extremely high CO/H2O and N2+/H2O ratios}, and unusual trace…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 22 cited

Dissecting the different components of the modest accretion bursts of the very young protostar HOPS 373

Sung-Yong Yoon, Gregory J. Herczeg, Jeong-Eun Lee +11

Observed changes in protostellar brightness can be complicated to interpret. In our JCMT~Transient monitoring survey, we discovered that a young binary protostar, HOPS 373, is unde…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 41 cited

B-fields in Star-Forming Region Observations (BISTRO): Magnetic Fields in the Filamentary Structures of Serpens Main

Woojin Kwon, Kate Pattle, Sarah Sadavoy +149

We present 850 m polarimetric observations toward the Serpens Main molecular cloud obtained using the POL-2 polarimeter on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) as part of th…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 2 cited

The HASHTAG project: The First Submillimeter Images of the Andromeda Galaxy from the Ground

Matthew W. L. Smith, Stephen A. Eales, Thomas G. Williams +46

Observing nearby galaxies with submillimeter telescopes on the ground has two major challenges. First, the brightness is significantly reduced at long submillimeter wavelengths com…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 23 cited

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: An 850/450m Polarization Study of NGC 2071IR in OrionB

A-Ran Lyo, Jongsoo Kim, Sarah Sadavoy +143

We present the results of simultaneous 450 m and 850 m polarization observations toward the massive star forming region NGC 2071IR, a target of the BISTRO (B-fields in Star-F…