PHANGS–ALMA data processing and pipeline

AK Leroy, A Hughes, D Liu, J Pety… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the processing of the PHANGS–ALMA survey and present the PHANGS–ALMA
pipeline, a public software package that processes calibrated interferometric and total power …

Recent progress with observations and models to characterize the magnetic fields from star-forming cores to protostellar disks

A Maury, P Hennebelle, JM Girart - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this review article, we aim at providing a global outlook on the progresses made in the
recent years to characterize the role of magnetic fields during the embedded phases of the …

A massive prestellar clump hosting no high-mass cores

P Sanhueza, JM Jackson, Q Zhang… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The infrared dark cloud (IRDC) G028. 23-00.19 hosts a massive (1500 M⊙), cold (12 K),
and 3.6–70 μm IR dark clump (MM1) that has the potential to form high-mass stars. We …

ATOMS: ALMA three-millimeter observations of massive star-forming regions – III. Catalogues of candidate hot molecular cores and hyper/ultra compact H ii regions

HL Liu, T Liu, NJ Evans II, K Wang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We have identified 453 compact dense cores in 3 mm continuum emission maps in the
ALMA Three-millimetre Observations of Massive Star-forming regions survey, and compiled …

Gravity drives the evolution of infrared dark hubs: JVLA observations of SDC13

GM Williams, N Peretto, A Avison… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. Converging networks of interstellar filaments, that is hubs, have been recently
linked to the formation of stellar clusters and massive stars. Understanding the relationship …

Gravity, magnetic field, and turbulence: Relative importance and impact on fragmentation in the infrared dark cloud G34. 43+ 00.24

YW Tang, PM Koch, N Peretto, G Novak… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the interplay between magnetic (B) field, gravity, and turbulence in the
fragmentation process of cores within the filamentary infrared dark cloud G34. 43+ 00.24 …

Data combination: interferometry and single-dish imaging in radio astronomy

A Plunkett, A Hacar, L Moser-Fischer… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Modern interferometers routinely provide radio-astronomical images down to subarcsecond
resolution. However, interferometers filter out spatial scales larger than those sampled by …

ALMA–IRDC: dense gas mass distribution from cloud to core scales

AT Barnes, JD Henshaw, F Fontani… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are potential hosts of the elusive early phases of high mass
star formation (HMSF). Here, we conduct an in-depth analysis of the fragmentation …

Magnetic fields in the infrared dark cloud G34. 43+ 0.24

A Soam, T Liu, BG Andersson, CW Lee… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the B-fields mapped in IRDC G34. 43+ 0.24 using 850 μm polarized dust
emission observed with the POL-2 instrument at the James Clerk Maxwell telescope. We …

Digging into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). IV. Fragmentation in High-mass Star-forming Clumps

K Ishihara, P Sanhueza, F Nakamura… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Fragmentation contributes to the formation and evolution of stars. Observationally, high-
mass stars are known to form multiple-star systems, preferentially in cluster environments …