Science with the murchison widefield array

JD Bowman, I Cairns, DL Kaplan, T Murphy… - Publications of the …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Significant new opportunities for astrophysics and cosmology have been identified at low
radio frequencies. The Murchison Widefield Array is the first telescope in the southern …

The observed spiral structure of the Milky Way

LG Hou, JL Han - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014 - aanda.org
Context. The spiral structure of the Milky Way is not yet well determined. The keys to
understanding this structure are to increase the number of reliable spiral tracers and to …

The milky way project first data release: A bubblier galactic disc

RJ Simpson, MS Povich, S Kendrew… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We present a new catalogue of 5106 infrared bubbles created through visual classification
via the online citizen science website '; The Milky Way Project'. Bubbles in the new …

The Green Bank Telescope H II region discovery survey. II. The source catalog

LD Anderson, TM Bania, DS Balser… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) H ii Region Discovery Survey has doubled
the number of known H ii regions in the Galactic zone 343⩽ ℓ⩽ 67 with| b|⩽ 1. We detected …

H II region metallicity distribution in the Milky Way disk

DS Balser, RT Rood, TM Bania… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The distribution of metals in the Galaxy provides important information about galaxy
formation and evolution. H ii regions are the most luminous objects in the Milky Way at mid …

A derivation of the free–free emission on the Galactic plane between ℓ= 20° and 44°

MIR Alves, RD Davies, C Dickinson… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We present the derivation of the free–free emission on the Galactic plane between ℓ= 20°
and 44° and| b|≤ 4°, using radio recombination line (RRL) data from the H i Parkes All Sky …

ATLASGAL–Kinematic distances and the dense gas mass distribution of the inner Galaxy

M Wienen, F Wyrowski, KM Menten… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
Context. The formation of high mass stars and clusters occurs in giant molecular clouds.
Objects in evolved stages of massive star formation such as protostars, hot molecular cores …

ATLASGAL–environments of 6.7 GHz methanol masers

JS Urquhart, TJT Moore, F Schuller… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Using the 870 μm APEX Telescope large area survey of the Galaxy, we have identified 577
submillimetre continuum sources with masers from the methanol multibeam survey in the …

The statistics of triggered star formation: an overdensity of massive young stellar objects around Spitzer bubbles

MA Thompson, JS Urquhart, TJT Moore… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We present a detailed statistical study of massive star formation in the environment of 322
Spitzer mid-infrared bubbles by using the Red MSX Source (RMS) survey for massive young …

Kinematic distances: a Monte Carlo method

TV Wenger, DS Balser, LD Anderson… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Distances to high-mass star-forming regions (HMSFRs) in the Milky Way are a crucial
constraint on the structure of the Galaxy. Only kinematic distances are available for a …