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Context. Using observations to deduce dust properties, grain size distribution, and physical conditions in molecular clouds is a highly degenerate problem. Aims. The coreshine phenomenon, a scattering process at 3.6 and 4.5 $\mu$m that…

We have collected continuum data of a sample of D-type symbiotic stars. By modelling their spectral energy distribution in a colliding-wind theoretical scenario we have found the common characteristics to all the systems: 1) at least two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. Angeloni , M. Contini , S. Ciroi , P. Rafanelli

We present observations of 4.25 square degree area toward the North American and Pelican Nebulae in the $J = 1-0$ transitions of $^{12}$CO, $^{13}$CO, and C$^{18}$O. Three molecules show different emission area with their own distinct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Shaobo Zhang , Ye Xu , Ji Yang

We investigated the kinematics of ionized gas in an extended (20 degrees by 15 degrees) region containing the X-ray Superbubble in Cygnus with the aim of finding the shell swept up by a strong wind from Cyg OB2. H-alpha observations were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. A. Lozinskaya , V. V. Pravdikova , A. Finoguenov

We carry out three-dimensional MHD simulations of star formation in turbulent, magnetized clouds, including ambipolar diffusion and feedback from protostellar outflows. The calculations focus on relatively diffuse clouds threaded by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Fumitaka Nakamura , Zhi-Yun Li

Data from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey reveal an abundance of HI shells and arcs in the disk of our galaxy. While their shape is suggestive of stellar winds or supernovae influence, very few of these structures have been examined in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Magdalen Normandeau , A. R. Taylor , P. E. Dewdney , Shantanu Basu

Observations of magnetic field strengths imply that molecular cloud fragments are individually close to being in a magnetically critical state, even though both magnetic field and column density measurements range over two orders of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shantanu Basu

The formation of stars is inextricably linked to the structure of their parental molecular clouds. Here we take a number of nearby giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and analyse their column density and mass distributions. This investigation is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 D. Froebrich , J. Rowles

We study the temporal and spatial distribution of star formation rates in four well-studied star-forming regions in local molecular clouds(MCs): Taurus, Perseus, $\rho$ Ophiuchi, and Orion A. Using published mass and age estimates for young…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-10 Spencer Caldwell , Philip Chang

Maps of the 450 micron and 850 micron dust continuum emission from three star-forming condensations within the Lynds 1630 molecular cloud, made with the SCUBA bolometer array, reveal the presence of four new submillimetre sources, each of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Robin R. Phillips , Andy G. Gibb , Leslie T. Little

Recently, Keerthi Vasan G. et al.(2024 presented spatially resolved observations of a wind outflow in CSWA13, a gravitationally lensed Star-Forming galaxy at z = 1.87. The gravitational lensing allowed for a substantially improved spatial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-08 Itzhak Goldman

In this study, we investigate the shapes of starless and protostellar cores using hydrodynamic, self-gravitating adaptive mesh refinement simulations of turbulent molecular clouds. We simulate observations of these cores in dust emission,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 S. S. R. Offner , M. R. Krumholz

Understanding the physical properties of star-forming cores as mass reservoirs for protostars, and the impact of turbulence, is crucial in star formation studies. We implemented passive tracer particles in clump-scale numerical simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-08 Shingo Nozaki , Hajime Fukushima , Kazuki Tokuda , Masahiro N. Machida

The under-abundance of very massive galaxies in the universe is frequently attributed to the effect of galactic winds. Although ionized galactic winds are readily observable most of the expelled mass is likely in cooler atomic and molecular…

High dynamic range imaging of submillimeter dust emission from the envelopes of eight young protostars in the Taurus and Perseus star-forming regions has been carried out using the SCUBA submillimeter camera on the James Clerk Maxwell…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Claire J. Chandler , John S. Richer

For decades we have known that the Sun lies within the Local Bubble, a cavity of low-density, high-temperature plasma surrounded by a shell of cold, neutral gas and dust. However, the precise shape and extent of this shell, the impetus and…

Despite recent observational and theoretical advances in mapping the magnetic fields associated with molecular clouds, their three-dimensional (3D) morphology remains unresolved. Multi-wavelength and multi-scale observations will allow us…

Galactic superbubbles are triggered by stellar feedback in the discs of star-forming galaxies. They are important in launching galactic winds, which play a key role in regulating the mass and energy exchange in galaxies. Observations can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-17 Osmer Suárez-López , Andrés S. Villares , Wladimir E. Banda-Barragán

In the standard picture of isolated star formation, dense ``starless'' cores are formed out of magnetic molecular clouds due to ambipolar diffusion. Under the simplest spherical geometry, I demonstrate that ``starless'' cores formed this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Zhi-Yun Li

We present a numerical study of the evolution of molecular clouds, from their formation by converging flows in the warm ISM, to their destruction by the ionizing feedback of the massive stars they form. We improve with respect to our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Pedro Colin , Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni , Gilberto C. Gomez