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astro-ph.GA2025
Magnetic Fields in the Bones of the Milky Way
Ian W. Stephens, Simon Coude, Philip C. Myers +20
Stars primarily form in galactic spiral arms within dense, filamentary molecular clouds. The largest and most elongated of these molecular clouds are referred to as ``bones," which…
astro-ph.GA2025
Massive extended streamers feed high-mass young stars
Fernando A. Olguin, Patricio Sanhueza, Adam Ginsburg +13
Stars are born in a variety of environments that determine how they gather gas to achieve their final masses. It is generally believed that disks are ubiquitous around protostars a…
astro-ph.GA2024
INvestigations of massive Filaments ANd sTar formation (INFANT). I. Core Identification and Core Mass Function
Yu Cheng, Xing Lu, Patricio Sanhueza +16
Filamentary structures are ubiquitously found in high-mass star-forming clouds. To investigate the relationship between filaments and star formation, we carry out the INFANT (INves…