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We report the second complete molecular line data release from the {\em Census of High- and Medium-mass Protostars} (CHaMP), a large-scale, unbiased, uniform mapping survey at sub-parsec resolution, of mm-wave line emission from 303…

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The combination of the high-resolution ALMA, JWST and HST observations provides unprecedented insights into the connection between individual molecular clouds and their internal stellar populations in nearby galaxies. The molecular clouds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-01 J. W. Zhou , Pavel Kroupa , Sami Dib

We present measurements of the excess mass-to-light ratio measured aroundMaxBCG galaxy clusters observed in the SDSS. This red sequence cluster sample includes objects from small groups with masses ranging from ~5x10^{12} to ~10^{15}…

Massive clumps, prior to the formation of any visible protostars, are the best candidates to search for the elusive massive starless cores. In this work we investigate the dust and gas properties of massive clumps selected to be 70 micron…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 A. Traficante , G. A. Fuller , N. Billot , A. Duarte-Cabral , M. Merello , S. Molinari , N. Peretto , E. Schisano

Atomic gas in the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) is organized in filamentary structures. These structures usually host cold and dense molecular clumps. The Galactic magnetic field is considered to play an important role in the formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-14 R. Skalidis , K. Tassis , G. V. Panopoulou , J. L. Pineda , Y. Gong , N. Mandarakas , D. Blinov , S. Kiehlmann , J. A. Kypriotakis

Context. The polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust offers a valuable tool for probing both the dust and the magnetic field in the interstellar medium (ISM). However, existing observations only yield the total amount of dust…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 Katia Ferrière , Ludovic Montier , Jean-Sébastien Carrière

In this work we present IRAM-30m telescope observations of a sample of bulge-dominated galaxies with large dust lanes, which have had a recent minor merger. We find these galaxies are very gas rich, with H2 masses between 4x10^8 and 2x10^10…

The strength of the total magnetic field in our Milky Way from radio Zeeman and synchrotron measurements is about 6 muG near the Sun and several mG in dense clouds, pulsar wind nebulae, and filaments near the Galactic Center. Diffuse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rainer Beck

{Magnetic fields exist on all scales in our Galaxy. There is a controversy about whether the magnetic fields in molecular clouds are preserved from the permeated magnetic fields in the interstellar medium (ISM) during cloud formation. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-14 J. L. Han , J. S. Zhang

We report observations of 15 high redshift (z = 1-5) galaxies at 350 microns using the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and SHARC-II array detector. Emission was detected from eight galaxies, for which far-infrared luminosities, star…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Jingwen Wu , Paul Vanden Bout , Neal Evans , Michael Dunham

We present a steady-state analytical model for pressure-regulated formation of molecular clouds (MC) and stars (SF) in gaseous galactic disks and apply it to the Milky Way (MW). MC formation depends on midplane interstellar pressure…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-06 José Franco , Aldo Rodríguez-Puebla , Javier Ballesteros-Paredes , Manuel Zamora-Avilez

We measure the velocity dispersion, $\sigma$, and surface density, $\Sigma$, of the molecular gas in nearby galaxies from CO spectral line cubes with spatial resolution $45$-$120$ pc, matched to the size of individual giant molecular…

Mass-to-flux ratios measured via the Zeeman effect suggest the existence of a transition from a magnetically sub-critical state in HI clouds to a super-critical state in molecular clouds. However, due to projection, chemical, and excitation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-27 Zipeng Hu , Benjamin D. Wibking , Mark R. Krumholz

We present maps of total magnetic field using 'equipartition' assumptions for five nearby normal galaxies at sub-kpc spatial resolution. The mean magnetic field is found to be ~11 \mu G. The field is strongest near the central regions where…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Aritra Basu , Subhashis Roy

The atomic interstellar medium (ISM) is observed to be full of linear structures that are referred to as "fibers". Fibers exhibit similar properties to linear structures found in molecular clouds known as striations. Suggestive of a similar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-19 Aris Tritsis , Christoph Federrath , Vasiliki Pavlidou

Within ten nearby (d < 450 pc) Gould Belt molecular clouds we evaluate statistically the relative orientation between the magnetic field projected on the plane of sky, inferred from the polarized thermal emission of Galactic dust observed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-10 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , M. Arnaud , D. Arzoumanian , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , D. Falceta-Gonçalves , E. Falgarone , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , V. Guillet , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , P. Hennebelle , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , C. B. Netterfield , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , N. Oppermann , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. D. Soler , V. Stolyarov , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , N. Ysard , D. Yvon , A. Zonca

Angular dispersion functions are typically used to estimate the fluctuations in polarization angle around the mean magnetic field orientation in dense regions, such as molecular clouds. The technique provides accurate turbulent to regular…

Of all the factors that influence star formation, magnetic fields are perhaps the least well understood. The goal of this paper is to characterize the 3D magnetic field properties of nearby molecular clouds through various methods of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-13 Colin H. Sullivan , Laura Fissel , Patrick King , Che-Yu Chen , Zhi-Yun Li , Juan Soler

We present SOFIA/HAWC+ continuum polarisation data on the magnetic fields threading 17 pc-scale massive molecular clumps at the western end of the $\eta$ Car GMC (Region 9 of CHaMP, representing all stages of star formation from pre-stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-28 Peter J. Barnes , Stuart D. Ryder , Giles Novak , Laura M. Fissel