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We report serendipitous detections of line emission with ALMA in band 3, 6, and 7 in the central parsec of the Galactic center at an up to now highest resolution (<0.7''). Among the highlights are the very first and highly resolved images…

We perform a series of 3D simulations to study the accretion of giant planet embedded in protoplanetary discs (PPDs) over gap-opening timescales. We find that the accretion mass flux mainly comes from the intermediate latitude above the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-05 Ya-Ping Li , Yi-Xian Chen , Douglas N. C. Lin

We present the first comparative study of extragalactic GMCs using complete data sets for entire galaxies and a uniform set of reduction and analysis techniques. We present results based on CO observations for the LMC, SMC, M33, M31, IC10…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Leo Blitz , Yasuo Fukui , Akiko Kawamura , Adam Leroy , Norikazu Mizuno , Erik Rosolowsky

We use global three dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamic simulations to study the properties of inner regions of accretion disks around a 5\times 10^8 solar mass black hole with mass accretion rates reaching 7% and 20% of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Yan-Fei Jiang , Omer Blaes , James Stone , Shane W. Davis

Using observed GALEX far-ultraviolet (FUV) fluxes and VLA images of the 21-cm HI column densities, along with estimates of the local dust abundances, we measure the volume densities of a sample of actively star-forming giant molecular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jonathan S. Heiner , Ronald J. Allen , O. Ivy Wong , Pieter C. van der Kruit

Results of ASCA X-ray study of central regions of medium-richness clusters of galaxies are summarized, emphasizing differences between cD and non-cD clusters. The intra-cluster medium (ICM) is likely to consist of two (hot and cool) phases…

We present a large, homogeneous catalogue of molecular clouds within 4 kpc from the Sun at low Galactic latitudes ($|b|$ $<$ 10\degr) with unprecedented accurate distance determinations. Based on the three-dimensional dust reddening map and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-12 B. -Q. Chen , G. -X. Li , H. -B. Yuan , Y. Huang , Z. -J. Tian , H. -F. Wang , H. -W. Zhang , C. Wang , X. -W. Liu

We have conducted a $^{12}$CO(2-1) survey of several molecular gas complexes in the vicinity of H II regions within the spiral galaxy NGC 300 using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. Our observations attain a resolution of 10 pc and 1 km…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-25 Christopher M. Faesi , Charles J. Lada , Jan Forbrich

We use high spatial resolution (~7pc) CARMA observations to derive detailed properties for 8 giant molecular clouds (GMCs) at a galactocentric radius corresponding to approximately two CO scale lengths, or ~0.5 optical radii (r25), in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 F. Bigiel , A. Bolatto , A. Leroy , L. Blitz , F. Walter , E. Rosolowsky , L. Lopez , R. Plambeck

We present results from the first three-dimensional calculations ever to follow the collapse of a molecular cloud core (~ 10^{-18} g cm^{-3}) to stellar densities (> 0.01 g cm^{-3}). The calculations resolve structures over 7 orders of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Matthew R. Bate

Numerical simulations have shown that the often cited radiation pressure barrier to accretion onto massive stars can be circumvented, when the radiation field is highly anisotropic in the presence of a circumstellar accretion disk with high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-18 Rolf Kuiper , Harold W. Yorke

We present the result of a study of the X-ray emission from the Galactic Centre Molecular Clouds (MC), within 15 arcmin from Sgr A*. We use XMM-Newton data spanning about 8 years. We observe an apparent super-luminal motion of a light front…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-04-12 Gabriele Ponti , Regis Terrier , Andrea Goldwurm , Guillaume Belanger , Guillaume Trap

We present a study of the three-dimensional structure of the molecular clouds in the Galactic Centre (GC) using CO emission and OH absorption lines. Two CO isotopologue lines, $^{12}$CO ($J$=1$\rightarrow$0) and $^{13}$CO…

Complex turbulent motions are ubiquitously observed in many astrophysical systems. Their origin, however, is still poorly understood. When cosmic structures form, they grow in mass via accretion from the surrounding environment. We propose…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Ralf S. Klessen , Patrick Hennebelle

We investigate accretion of solid materials onto circumplanetary disks from heliocentric orbits rotating in protoplanetary disks, which is a key process for the formation of regular satellite systems. In the late stage of gas-capturing…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Takayuki Tanigawa , Akito Maruta , Masahiro N. Machida

Using zoom-simulations carried out with the adaptive mesh-refinement code RAMSES with a dynamic range of up to $2^{27} \approx 1.34 \times 10^8$ we investigate the accretion profiles around six stars embedded in different environments…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-01 Michael Kuffmeier , Søren Frimann , Sigurd S. Jensen , Troels Haugbølle

Motion of stellar-mass satellites is studied around a massive compact body which is surrounded by a gaseous slab of a stationary accretion disc. The satellites suffer an orbital decay due to hydrodynamical interaction with the disc medium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Karas , L. Subr

Radial density profiles for the sample of dense cores associated with high-mass star-forming regions from southern hemisphere have been derived using the data of observations in continuum at 250 GHz. Radial density profiles for the inner…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Lev E. Pirogov

We consider the shape of an accretion disc whose outer regions are misaligned with the spin axis of a central black hole and calculate the steady state form of the warped disc in the case where the viscosity and surface densities are power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rebecca G. Martin , J. E. Pringle , Christopher A. Tout

We present results from three-dimensional, self-gravitating radiation hydrodynamical models of gas accretion by planetary cores. In some cases, the accretion flow is resolved down to the surface of the solid core -- the first time such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ben A. Ayliffe , Matthew R. Bate