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most citedUCLCHEM: A Gas-Grain Chemical Code

141 citations · 895 across the 54 of their papers we have counts for

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55 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Chemical complexity in feedback from supernova remnants: first detection of PO+ in IC443 and W44

G. Cosentino, F. Priestley, S. Scibelli +1

Supernova remnant (SNR) may shape the physical and chemical properties of star formation. By releasing refractory elements into the gas phase, they inject material of pre-biotic re…

astro-ph.SR2026

HCO and the Effect of Mixing in SN 1987A

H. M. Davies, M. Matsuura, H. L. Gomez +8

We present high angular resolution observations of the HCO emission in the central ejecta of the supernova remnant SN 1987A using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). We…

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.HE2024

The Green Monster hiding in front of Cas A: JWST reveals a dense and dusty circumstellar structure pockmarked by ejecta interactions

Ilse De Looze, Dan Milisavljevic, Tea Temim +27

JWST observations of the young Galactic supernova remnant Cassiopeia A revealed an unexpected structure seen as a green emission feature in colored composite MIRI F1130W and F1280W…

astro-ph.GA2024

Shockingly Bright Warm Carbon Monoxide Molecular Features in the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Revealed by JWST

J. Rho, S. -H. Park, R. Arendt +36

We present JWST NIRCam (F356W and F444W filters) and MIRI (F770W) images and NIRSpec- IFU spectroscopy of the young supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A). We obtained the data as…

astro-ph.SR2024

Deep JWST/NIRCam imaging of Supernova 1987A

Mikako Matsuura, M. Boyer, Richard G. Arendt +46

JWST/NIRCam obtained high angular-resolution (0.05-0.1''), deep near-infrared 1--5 micron imaging of Supernova (SN) 1987A taken 35 years after the explosion. In the NIRCam images,…

astro-ph.GA2024

NH(1-0) as a tracer of dense gas in and between spiral arms

O. Feher, S. E. Ragan, F. D. Priestley +2

Recent advances in identifying giant molecular filaments in galactic surveys allow us to study the interstellar material and its dense, potentially star forming phase on scales com…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

From total destruction to complete survival: Dust processing at different evolutionary stages in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A

Florian Kirchschlager, Nina Sartorio, Ilse De Looze +3

The expanding ejecta of supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to form dust in dense clumps of gas. Before the dust can be expelled into the interstellar medium and contribute to t…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 20 cited

The dynamic centres of infrared-dark clouds and the formation of cores

Andrew J. Rigby, Nicolas Peretto, Michael Anderson +7

High-mass stars have an enormous influence on the evolution of the interstellar medium in galaxies, so it is important that we understand how they form. We examine the central clum…

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.HE2024★ 51 cited

A JWST Survey of the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

Dan Milisavljevic, Tea Temim, Ilse De Looze +43

We present initial results from a JWST survey of the youngest Galactic core-collapse supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), made up of NIRCam and MIRI imaging mosaics that map emi…

astro-ph.GA2023

Heavy Black Hole Seed Formation in High-z Atomic Cooling Halos

Lewis R. Prole, John A. Regan, Simon C. O. Glover +3

Halos with masses in excess of the atomic limit are believed to be ideal environments in which to form heavy black hole seeds with masses above 10^3 Msun. In cases where the H_2 fr…

astro-ph.GA2023

NEATH II: NH as a tracer of imminent star formation in quiescent high-density gas

F. D. Priestley, P. C. Clark, S. C. O. Glover +4

Star formation activity in molecular clouds is often found to be correlated with the amount of material above a column density threshold of . Attempt…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

Population III star formation: multiple gas phases prevent the use of an equation of state at high densities

Lewis R. Prole, Paul C. Clark, Felix D. Priestley +2

Advanced primordial chemistry networks have been developed to model the collapse of metal-free baryonic gas within the gravitational well of dark matter (DM) halos and its subseque…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 11 cited

Non-Equilibrium Abundances Treated Holistically (NEATH): the molecular composition of star-forming clouds

F. D. Priestley, P. C. Clark, S. C. O. Glover +4

Much of what we know about molecular clouds, and by extension star formation, comes from molecular line observations. Interpreting these correctly requires knowledge of the underly…

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★ 4 cited

Line emission from filaments in molecular clouds

F. D. Priestley, D. Arzoumanian, A. P. Whitworth

Filamentary structures are often identified in column density maps of molecular clouds, and appear to be important for both low- and high-mass star formation. Theoretically, these…

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.GA2023★ 20 cited

From dark matter halos to pre-stellar cores: High resolution follow-up of cosmological Lyman-Werner simulations

Lewis R. Prole, Anna T. P. Schauer, Paul C. Clark +3

Molecular hydrogen allows cooling in primordial gas, facilitating its collapse into Population III stars within primordial halos. Lyman-Werner (LW) radiation from these stars can e…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 10 cited

Do simulated molecular clouds look like real ones?

F. D. Priestley, P. C. Clark, A. P Whitworth

Simulations of molecular clouds often begin from highly idealised initial conditions, such as a uniform-density sphere with an artificially imposed turbulent velocity field. While…

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★ 5 cited

Differences in chemical evolution between isolated and embedded prestellar cores

F. D. Priestley, A. P. Whitworth, E. Fogerty

Models of prestellar cores often assume that the cores are isolated from their environment - material outside the core boundary plays no role in the subsequent evolution. This is u…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 5 cited

Ionising feedback from an O star formed in a shock-compressed layer

Anthony Whitworth, Felix Priestley, Samuel Geen

We develop a simple analytic model for what happens when an O star (or compact cluster of OB stars) forms in a shock compressed layer and carves out an approximately circular hole…