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most citedAn ALMA study of the Orion Integral Filament: I. Evidence for narrow fibers in a massive cloud

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astro-ph.GA2026

The star formation history of Orion is structured and episodic

Alena Rottensteiner, João Alves, Stefan Meingast +6

The propagation of star formation throughout a molecular cloud complex can tell us much about its physical drivers and the importance of environmental versus intrinsic processes. W…

astro-ph.GA2026

The fading hierarchy of Galactic open clusters

Guimei Liu, João Alves, Yu Zhang +7

Galactic open clusters provide a record of both hierarchical star formation and the subsequent dynamical evolution of the Milky Way disk. We use the two-point correlation function…

astro-ph.GA2026

Accelerated gas flow along Ophiuchus B44 filament: Breaking Position-Position-Velocity degeneracy

J. Alves, C. Zucker, C. Lada +15

(Abridged) Stellar feedback from massive stars in the Upper-Sco has been proposed to have reshaped the gas in the nearby Ophiuchus complex. In this framework, feedback organizes th…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The evolution of velocity dispersion in the Sco-Cen OB association

Josefa E. Großschedl, João Alves, Sebastian Ratzenböck +4

We study how the stellar velocity dispersion within the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association (Sco-Cen) has evolved over approximately 20 million years, from its formation to the prese…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The velocity field of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association

S. Hutschenreuter, J. Alves, L. Posch +5

We present a non-parametric reconstruction of the three-dimensional velocity field of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association (Sco- Cen). Using Gaia DR3 astrometry and radial velocit…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The late Miocene Be anomaly and the possibility of a supernova

E. Maconi, J. Alves, J. Großschedl +3

Recent measurements of cosmogenic Be in deep-ocean ferromanganese crusts from the Central and Northern Pacific have revealed an anomalous concentration between 11.5 and 9.0…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

The Solar System's passage through the Radcliffe wave during the middle Miocene

E. Maconi, J. Alves, C. Swiggum +14

Context. As the Solar System orbits the Milky Way, it encounters various Galactic environments, including dense regions of the interstellar medium (ISM). These encounters can compr…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 16 cited

The physical properties of Cluster Chains

Laura Posch, João Alves, Nuria Mirét-Roig +5

We explore the kinematics and star formation history of the Scorpius Centaurus (Sco-Cen) OB association following the initial identification of sequential, linearly aligned chains…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 22 cited

Most nearby young star clusters formed in three massive complexes

Cameren Swiggum, João Alves, Robert Benjamin +9

Efforts to unveil the structure of the local interstellar medium and its recent star formation history have spanned the past seventy years. Recent studies utilizing precise data fr…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 13 cited

Emergence of high-mass stars in complex fiber networks (EMERGE). I. Early ALMA Survey: observations and massive data reduction

A. Hacar, A. Socci, F. Bonanomi +10

(Abridged) Recent molecular surveys have revealed a rich gas organization of sonic-like fibers in all kind of environments prior to the formation of low- and high-mass stars. This…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 22 cited

The Corona Australis star formation complex is accelerating away from the Galactic plane

L. Posch, N. Miret-Roig, J. Alves +5

We study the kinematics of the recently discovered Corona Australis (CrA) chain of clusters by examining the 3D space motion of its young stars using Gaia DR3 and APOGEE-2 data. Wh…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 11 cited

VISIONS: The VISTA Star Formation Atlas -- I. Survey overview

Stefan Meingast, João Alves, Hervé Bouy +37

VISIONS is an ESO public survey of five nearby (d < 500 pc) star-forming molecular cloud complexes that are canonically associated with the constellations of Chamaeleon, Corona Aus…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 20 cited

A 3D View of Orion: I. Barnard's Loop

Michael M. Foley, Alyssa Goodman, Catherine Zucker +11

Barnard's Loop is a famous arc of H emission located in the Orion star-forming region. Here, we provide evidence of a possible formation mechanism for Barnard's Loop and compare…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 66 cited

Significance Mode Analysis (SigMA) for hierarchical structures. An application to the Sco-Cen OB association

Sebastian Ratzenböck, Josefa E. Großschedl, Torsten Möller +3

We present a new clustering method, Significance Mode Analysis (SigMA), to extract co-spatial and co-moving stellar populations from large-scale surveys such as ESA Gaia. The metho…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 39 cited

Evidence for Radial Expansion at the Core of the Orion Complex with Gaia EDR3

Cameren Swiggum, Elena D'Onghia, João Alves +6

We present a phase-space study of two stellar groups located at the core of the Orion complex: Briceño-1 and Orion Belt Population-near (OBP-near). We identify the groups with the…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 2 cited

3D shape of Orion A with Gaia DR2. An informed view on Star Formation Rates and Efficiencies

Josefa E. Großschedl, João Alves, Stefan Meingast +1

The giant molecular cloud Orion A is the closest massive star-forming region to earth ( pc). It contains the rich Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) in the North, and low-mass st…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 139 cited

3D shape of Orion A from Gaia DR2

Josefa E. Grossschedl, Joao Alves, Stefan Meingast +16

We use the DR2 distances of about 700 mid-infrared selected young stellar objects in the benchmark giant molecular cloud Orion A to infer its 3D shape and orientati…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 232 cited

An ALMA study of the Orion Integral Filament: I. Evidence for narrow fibers in a massive cloud

A. Hacar, M. Tafalla, J. Forbrich +4

Abridged. Are all filaments bundles of fibers? To address this question, we have investigated the gas organization within the paradigmatic Integral Shape Filament (ISF). We combine…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 34 cited

APOGEE strings: a fossil record of the gas kinematic structure

A. Hacar, J. Alves, J. Forbrich +3

We compare APOGEE radial velocities (RVs) of young stars in the Orion A cloud with CO line gas emission and find a correlation between the two at large-scales, in agreement with pr…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 79 cited

VISION - Vienna survey in Orion I. VISTA Orion A Survey

Stefan Meingast, João Alves, Diego Mardones +17

Orion A hosts the nearest massive star factory, thus offering a unique opportunity to resolve the processes connected with the formation of both low- and high-mass stars. Here we p…