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The Magnetized Universe: From planet-forming disks to the high-redshift universe
Josep M Girart, Gary Fuller, Wouter Vlemmings +32
The interstellar medium (ISM) is magnetized at all scales and phases in our Galaxy and other galaxies across the Universe. Spectro-polarimetric millimetre observations are essentia…
A clump population framework for star formation across galactic scales
J. W. Zhou, Sami Dib, Tie Liu +11
Whether star formation across different spatial scales and galactic environments follows universal laws remains poorly understood. We investigate cloud-scale star formation in 30 d…
The ALMA-QUARKS Survey. IV. Core Mass Function and Evolutionary Trends in Core Formation Efficiency and Chemistry
Wenyu Jiao, Tie Liu, Dongting Yang +43
The ALMA-QUARKS (Querying Underlying Mechanisms of Massive Star Formation with ALMA-Resolved Gas Kinematics and Structures) survey targets 139 massive protoclusters selected from t…
Global and Local Infall in the ASHES Sample (GLASHES). III. Physical Parameters of Contracting Motion onto Dense Cores in 70 m Dark Massive Clumps
Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +3
Core growth is a key process in high-mass star formation. As part of the GLASHES (Global and Local Infall in the ASHES Sample) survey, we present infall velocities and mass infall…
Before fragmentation: from uniform clouds to stellar clusters
A. Giannetti, T. Pillai, J. Kauffmann +4
Our study of the early stages of fragmentation in massive clumps has revealed a striking anomaly: of the CoCoA sample exhibit no fragmentation at all. These sources coul…
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…
Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR). IX. Radiative Torque Alignment and Disruption in NGC6334I
Vineet Rawat, Thiem Hoang, Patricio Sanhueza +18
Intense radiation from high-mass stars is expected to significantly affect dust grain alignment and evolution through RAdiative Torques (RATs). We investigate this effect in a mass…
Dense Cores in the Vicinity of an HII Region
Ruofei Zhang, Xing Lu, Jingwen Wu +23
Massive stars strongly influence their surroundings through radiative and mechanical feedback, but its effects on dense gas structures at sub-pc scales remain poorly constrained. W…
MIAO-ALMA: Shocks and Protostellar Outflows in 70 m-dark clumps with 1 /
Shuting Lin, Siyi Feng, Junzhi Wang +16
To investigate the initial conditions of high-mass star-forming regions, we use SiO (2-1) emission to trace early shock-related kinematics toward sixteen 70 m-dark and massive c…
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 (…
Super-Jeans Fragmentation and Supply-Limited Accretion: Environment-Dependent Co-Evolution of Low- and High-Mass Cores
Dan Miao, Guang-Xing Li, Patricio Sanhueza
Protostellar core formation and growth in high-mass star-forming regions remain key to understanding massive star birth. We analyze the masses of 839 cores (resolved at scales of a…
Magneto-Gravitational Regulated Streamer Accretion onto a Class 0 Protostellar System
Bo Huang, Josep M. Girart, Ian W. Stephens +17
How do magnetic fields shape the way young stars gather gas from their birth clouds? Using high-resolution Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of a young trip…
Global and Local Infall in the ASHES Sample (GLASHES). II. Asymmetric Line Profiles around Dense Cores in 70 m Dark Massive Clumps
Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +1
Gravitational collapse is fundamental to star formation, yet direct kinematic evidence of infall at the core scale in high-mass star-forming regions remains poorly constrained. We…
ALMA-QUARKS view of W49N: Multipolar episodic outflow associated with the most energetic Galactic water maser
Yunfan Jiao, Tie Liu, Wenyu Jiao +28
We present a detailed investigation of a multipolar episodic molecular outflow in the mini-starburst region W49N, which hosts the most luminous water maser in the Galaxy. Using hig…
The Keplerian disk, envelope, and streamers surrounding an early O-type protostar in the Sagittarius C cloud of the Central Molecular Zone
Jixiang Weng, Xing Lu, Yu Cheng +22
Disk-mediated accretion is central to theories of massive star formation, setting the initial conditions for their evolution. Yet observations of Keplerian disks around early O-typ…
Investigation of Hourglass-shaped Magnetic fields in the G35.20-0.74 Star-Forming Complex
O. R. Jadhav, L. K. Dewangan, A. K. Maity +7
To investigate the role of magnetic fields toward the G35N and G35S sub-regions in the G35.20-0.74 star-forming complex, we utilized multi-wavelength polarimetric observations from…
The ALMA-QUARKS Survey: Evidence of an Explosive Molecular Outflow in IRAS 15520--5234
Ariful Hoque, Tapas Baug, Estrella Guzman +25
We present a study of the massive protocluster IRAS 155205234, which displays evidence of an explosive molecular outflow that unleashed a kinetic energy of at least 10 er…
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)…
Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). VI. The Formation of Low-mass Multiple Systems in High-mass Cluster-forming Regions
Qiuyi Luo, Patricio Sanhueza, Stella S. R. Offner +14
Most stars form in multiple systems, with profound implications in numerous astronomical phenomena intrinsically linked to multiplicity. However, our knowledge about the process on…
The ALMA-ATOMS survey: Methanol emission in a large sample of hot molecular cores
Jiahang Zou, Tie Liu, Sheng-Li Qin +26
Methanol (CHOH) is a key complex organic molecule (COM) in the interstellar medium, widely used as a tracer of dense gas and hot molecular cores (HMCs). Using high-resolution…
The ALMA Survey of 70 μm Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). XIII. Core Mass Function, Lifetime, and Growth of Prestellar Cores
Kaho Morii, Patricio Sanhueza, Qizhou Zhang +10
The core mass function (CMF) of prestellar cores is essential for understanding the initial conditions of star and cluster formation. However, the universality of the CMF and its r…
The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Evidence of a candidate high-mass prestellar core aside a bright-rimmed cloud IRAS 18290-0924
Dongting Yang, Hong-Li Liu, Shengli Qin +32
Although frequently reported in observations, the definitive confirmation of high-mass prestellar cores has remained elusive, presenting a persistent challenge in star formation st…
The ALMA-ATOMS-QUARKS survey: Resolving a chemically rich massive protostellar outflow
Jia-Hang Zou, Tie Liu, Fengwei Xu +19
We present a comprehensive study on the physical and chemical structures of a chemically rich bipolar outflow in a high-mass star forming region IRAS 162724837 (SDC335), utilizi…
Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR). VI. Magnetic Field Dragging in the Filamentary High-mass Star-forming Region G35.20--0.74N due to Gravity
Jihye Hwang, Patricio Sanhueza, Josep Miquel Girart +27
We investigate the magnetic field orientation and strength in the massive star-forming region G35.20-0.74N (G35), using polarized dust emission data obtained with the Atacama Large…