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We report new results from CARMA observations of both continuum and HCO+(1-0) emission at 3.4 mm from W3-SE, a molecular core of intermediate mass, together with the continuum observations at 1.1 and 0.85/0.45 mm with the SMA and JCMT. A…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Lei Zhu , M. C. H. Wright , Jun-Hui Zhao , Yuefang Wu

Context: The formation of high-mass star-forming regions from their parental gas cloud and the subsequent fragmentation processes lie at the heart of star formation research. Aims: We aim to study the dynamical and fragmentation properties…

The detection of billion-solar-mass supermassive black holes (SMBHs) within the first billion years of cosmic history challenges conventional theories of black hole formation and growth. Simultaneously, recent JWST observations revealing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-24 Devesh Nandal , Gaël Buldgen , Daniel J. Whalen , John Regan , Tyrone E. Woods , Jonathan C. Tan

UltraCompact HII regions are signposts of high mass star formation. Since high-mass star formation occurs in clusters, one expects to find even earlier phases of massive star formation in the vicinity of UltraCompact HII regions. Here, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Pillai , F. Wyrowski , J. Hatchell , A. G. Gibb , M. A. Thompson

Star-forming regions host a large and evolving suite of molecular species. Molecular transition lines, particularly of complex molecules, can reveal the physical and dynamical environment of star formation. We aim to study the large-scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-04 P. Freeman , S. Bottinelli , R. Plume , E. Caux , B. Mookerjea

I review the basic processes that may be used to develop a chemical evolutionary sequence for low-mass starless cores. I highlight observational results from the Arizona Radio Observatory-Green Bank Survey. Observations were performed with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-29 Yancy L. Shirley

[Context] Two competing models describe the formation of massive stars in objects like the Orion Trapezium. In the turbulent core accretion model, the resulting stellar masses are directly related to the mass distribution of the cloud…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 K. -S. Wang , T. L. Bourke , M. R. Hogerheijde , F. F. S. van der Tak , A. O. Benz , S. T. Megeath , T. L. Wilson

Spectral line and continuum observations of the ionized and molecular gas in G20.08-0.14 N explore the dynamics of accretion over a range of spatial scales in this massive star-forming region. Very Large Array observations of NH_3 at 4''…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Roberto Galván-Madrid , Eric Keto , Qizhou Zhang , Stan Kurtz , Luis F. Rodríguez , Paul T. P. Ho

In this work we have carried out an in-depth analysis of the young stellar content in the W3 GMC. The YSO population was identified and classified in the IRAC/MIPS color-magnitude space according to the `Class' scheme and compared to other…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-11-29 A. Rivera-Ingraham , P. G. Martin , D. Polychroni , T. J. T. Moore

We have used new, deep, visible and near infrared observations of the compact starburst cluster in the giant HII region NGC 3603 and its surroundings with the WFC3 on HST and HAWK-I on the VLT to study in detail the physical properties of…

We present 7 mm, 1.3 cm and 3.6 cm continuum observations made with the Very Large Array toward a sample of ten luminous IRAS sources that are believed to be regions of massive star formation. We detect compact 7 mm emission in four of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Luis Zapata , Luis Rodriguez , Paul Ho , Henrik Beuther , Qizhou Zhang

The main aim of this paper is to study both the Interstellar Medium (ISM) and the young stellar population in the three star-forming regions, namely IRAS 05137+3919, 05168+3634, and 19110+1045. The study of the ISM includes determination of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-09 Naira Azatyan

We investigate the resolved star formation properties of a sample of 45 massive galaxies (M_*>10^11M_solar) within a redshift range of 1.5 < z < 3 detected in the GOODS NICMOS Survey (Conselice et al. 2011), a HST H-band imaging program. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-17 Jamie R. Ownsworth , Christopher J. Conselice , Alice Mortlock , William G. Hartley , Fernando Buitrago

The mid- and far-infrared view on high-mass star formation, in particular with the results from the Herschel space observatory, has shed light on many aspects of massive star formation. However, these continuum studies lack kinematic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-05-21 J. Tackenberg , H. Beuther , Th. Henning , H. Linz , T. Sakai , S. E. Ragan , O. Krause , M. Nielbock , M. Hennemann , J. Pitann , A. Schmiedeke

The advanced stages of several high-mass stars are characterized by episodic mass loss shed during phases of instability. Key for assigning these stars a proper evolutionary state is to assess the composition and geometry of their ejecta…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 M. Kourniotis , M. Kraus , M. L. Arias , L. Cidale , A. F. Torres

Massive galaxies in the early Universe have been shown to be forming stars at surprisingly high rates. Prominent examples are dust-obscured galaxies which are luminous when observed at sub-millimeter (sub-mm) wavelengths and which may be…

We present arcsecond resolution 1.4mm observations of the high mass star forming region, Sharpless 2-157, that reveal the cool dust associated with the first stages of star formation. These data are compared with archival images at optical,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Chian-Chou Chen , Jonathan P. Williams , Jagadheep D. Pandian

We study molecular emission in a massive condensation at the border of the HII region RCW 120, paying particular attention to the Core 1 and Core 2 objects, the most massive fragments of the condensation found previously by ALMA. The latter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 M. S. Kirsanova , S. V. Salii , S. V. Kalenskii , D. S. Wiebe , A. M. Sobolev , P. A. Boley

The details of the physical process through which high-mass stars form remains nearly as much of a mystery now as it was when the Parkes radio telescope commenced operation. The energy output from high-mass stars influence, or directly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-10-09 S. P. Ellingsen , S. L. Breen , M. A. Voronkov , J. L. Caswell , X. Chen , A. Titmarsh

We investigated the star formation activities in the AFGL333 region, which is in the vicinity of the W4 expanding bubble, by conducting NH3 (1,1), (2,2), and (3,3) mapping observations with the 45 m Nobeyama Radio Telescope at an angular…