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astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

CMZoom III: Spectral Line Data Release

Daniel Callanan, Steven N. Longmore, Cara Battersby +21

We present an overview and data release of the spectral line component of the SMA Large Program, \textit{CMZoom}. \textit{CMZoom} observed CO(2-1), CO(2-1) and C$^{18…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 41 cited

The ALMA Survey of 70 m Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). IV. Star formation signatures in G023.477

Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Fumitaka Nakamura +15

With a mass of 1000 and a surface density of 0.5 g cm, G023.477+0.114 also known as IRDC 18310-4 is an infrared dark cloud (IRDC) that has the potentia…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 22 cited

The ALMA Survey of 70m Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES) III. A Young Molecular Outflow Driven by a Decelerating Jet

Daniel Tafoya, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +12

We present a spatio-kinematical analysis of the CO~(=21) line emission, observed with the Atacama Large Millimter/submillimter Array (ALMA), of the outflow associat…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 39 cited

Star formation in 'the Brick': ALMA reveals an active proto-cluster in the Galactic centre cloud G0.253+0.016

Daniel L. Walker, Steven N. Longmore, John Bally +16

G0.253+0.016, aka 'the Brick', is one of the most massive (> 10^5 Msun) and dense (> 10^4 cm-3) molecular clouds in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone. Previous observations ha…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 62 cited

The ALMA Survey of 70 Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). II: Molecular Outflows in the Extreme Early Stages of Protocluster Formation

Shanghuo Li, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +15

We present a study of outflows at extremely early stages of high-mass star formation obtained from the ALMA Survey of 70 dark High-mass clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). Twe…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 2 cited

Characterizing [C II] Line Emission In Massive Star Forming Clumps

James M. Jackson, David Allingham, Nicholas Killerby-Smith +7

Because the 157.74 micron [C II] line is the dominant coolant of star-forming regions, it is often used to infer the global star-formation rates of galaxies. By characterizing the…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 27 cited

CMZoom II: Catalog of Compact Submillimeter Dust Continuum Sources in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone

H Perry Hatchfield, Cara Battersby, Eric Keto +19

In this paper we present the CMZoom Survey's catalog of compact sources (< 10'', ~0.4pc) within the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). CMZoom is a Submillimeter Array (SMA) large progra…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 21 cited

Effect of feedback of massive stars in the fragmentation, distribution, and kinematics of the gas in two star forming regions in the Carina Nebula

David Rebolledo, Andrés E. Guzmán, Yanett Contreras +7

We present ALMA high spatial resolution observations towards two star forming regions located in one of the most extreme zones of star formation in the Galaxy, the Carina Nebula. O…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 7 cited

ALMA observations of two massive and dense MALT90 clumps

Sudeep Neupane, Guido Garay, Yanett Contreras +2

We report Atacama Large Millimeter Array observations of 3 mm dust continuum emission and line emission, in HCO, HCO, NH and CHCN, towards two…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 207 cited

The ALMA Survey of 70 m dark High-mass clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). I. Pilot Survey: Clump Fragmentation

Patricio Sanhueza, Yanett Contreras, Benjamin Wu +20

(Abridged) ASHES has been designed to systematically characterize the earliest stages and to constrain theories of high-mass star formation. A total of 12 massive (>500 …

astro-ph.IM2019★ 6 cited

Stochastic modeling of the time variability of ALMA calibrators

A. E. Guzmán, C. Verdugo, H. Nagai +5

Characterizing the variability of the extragalactic sources used for calibration in the Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) is key to assess the flux scale uncerta…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 107 cited

'The Brick' is not a brick: A comprehensive study of the structure and dynamics of the Central Molecular Zone cloud G0.253+0.016

J. D. Henshaw, A. Ginsburg, T. J. Haworth +19

In this paper we provide a comprehensive description of the internal dynamics of G0.253+0.016 (a.k.a. 'the Brick'); one of the most massive and dense molecular clouds in the Galaxy…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 21 cited

84-GHz methanol masers, their relationship to 36-GHz methanol masers and their molecular environments

Shari Breen, Yanett Contreras, Joanne Dawson +3

We present observations of the 36- (4_-1 -> 3_0E) and 84-GHz (5_-1 -> 4_0 E) class I methanol maser transitions towards a sample of 94 known class I sites. These observations resul…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 5 cited

G337.342-0.119 (the "Pebble"): A Cold, Dense, High-Mass Molecular Cloud with Unusually Large Linewidths and a Candidate High-Mass Star Cluster Progenitor

James M. Jackson, Yanett Contreras, Jill M. Rathborne +7

Exactly how high-mass star clusters form, especially the young massive clusters (YMCs: age Myr; mass solar masses), remains an open problem, largely because they are…

astro-ph.GA2018

SuperMALT: Physical and Chemical Properties of Massive and Dense Clumps

Sudeep Neupane, Guido Garay, Yanett Contreras

The SuperMALT survey is observing 76 MALT90 clumps at different evolutionary stages (from pre-stellar or quiescent to HII) in high excitation molecular lines and key isotopomers us…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 87 cited

Infall Signatures in a Prestellar Core embedded in the High-Mass 70 m Dark IRDC G331.372-00.116

Yanett Contreras, Patricio Sanhueza, James M. Jackson +14

Using Galactic Plane surveys, we have selected a massive (1200 M), cold (14 K) 3.6-70 m dark IRDC G331.372-00.116. This IRDC has the potential to form high-mass stars an…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 105 cited

Distributed star formation throughout the Galactic Center cloud Sgr B2

A. G. Ginsburg, John Bally, Ashley Barnes +23

We report ALMA observations with resolution " at 3 mm of the extended Sgr B2 cloud in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). We detect 271 compact sources, most of which are…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 97 cited

The Survey of Water and Ammonia in the Galactic Center (SWAG): Molecular Cloud Evolution in the Central Molecular Zone

Nico Krieger, Jürgen Ott, Henrik Beuther +21

The Survey of Water and Ammonia in the Galactic Center (SWAG) covers the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Milky Way at frequencies between 21.2 and 25.4 GHz obtained at the Aust…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 18 cited

The Carina Nebula and Gum 31 molecular complex: II. The distribution of the atomic gas revealed in unprecedented detail

David Rebolledo, Anne J. Green, Michael Burton +6

We report high spatial resolution observations of the HI 21cm line in the Carina Nebula and the Gum 31 region obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The observations…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 22 cited

Phase correction for ALMA - Investigating water vapour radiometer scaling:The long-baseline science verification data case study

L. T. Maud, R. P. J. Tilanus, T. A. van Kempen +9

The Atacama Large millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) makes use of water vapour radiometers (WVR), which monitor the atmospheric water vapour line at 183 GHz along the line of si…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 50 cited

Characterizing the properties of cluster precursors in the MALT90 survey

Yanett Contreras, Jill M. Rathborne, Andres Guzman +4

In the Milky Way there are thousands of stellar clusters each harboring from a hundred to a million stars. Although clusters are common, the initial conditions of cluster formation…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 21 cited

The link between solenoidal turbulence and slow star formation in G0.253+0.016

C. Federrath, J. M. Rathborne, S. N. Longmore +8

Star formation in the Galactic disc is primarily controlled by gravity, turbulence, and magnetic fields. It is not clear that this also applies to star formation near the Galactic…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 206 cited

The link between turbulence, magnetic fields, filaments, and star formation in the Central Molecular Zone cloud G0.253+0.016

C. Federrath, J. M. Rathborne, S. N. Longmore +8

Star formation is primarily controlled by the interplay between gravity, turbulence, and magnetic fields. However, the turbulence and magnetic fields in molecular clouds near the G…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 28 cited

A Protostellar Jet Emanating from a Hypercompact HII Region

Andrés E. Guzmán, Guido Garay, Luis F. Rodríguez +3

We present radio continuum observations of the high-mass young stellar object (HMYSO) G345.4938+01.4677 made using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at 5, 9, 17, and 19…