Search Results - "EVANS, Neal"
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Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
Published in Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics (01-01-2012)“…We review progress over the past decade in observations of large-scale star formation, with a focus on the interface between extragalactic and Galactic…”
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STAR FORMATION RELATIONS IN THE MILKY WAY
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2016)“…ABSTRACT The relations between star formation and properties of molecular clouds (MCs) are studied based on a sample of star-forming regions in the Galactic…”
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Infrared emission from tidal disruption events – probing the pc-scale dust content around galactic nuclei
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-05-2016)“…Recent UV-optical surveys have been successful in finding tidal disruption events (TDEs), in which a star is tidally disrupted by a supermassive black hole…”
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The Star Formation Rate and Gas Surface Density Relation in the Milky Way: Implications for Extragalactic Studies
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-11-2010)“…We investigate the relation between star formation rate (SFR) and gas surface densities in Galactic star-forming regions using a sample of young stellar…”
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An old disk still capable of forming a planetary system
Published in Nature (London) (31-01-2013)“…In combination with existing observations and detailed circumstellar models, the detection of hydrogen deuteride emission from the star TW Hydrae implies a…”
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What Sets the Massive Star Formation Rates and Efficiencies of Giant Molecular Clouds?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2017)“…Galactic star formation scaling relations show increased scatter from kpc to sub-kpc scales. Investigating this scatter may hold important clues to how the…”
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Does Metallicity Affect the Protoplanetary Disk Fraction? Answers from the Outer Milky Way
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2024)“…The role of metallicity in shaping protoplanetary disk evolution remains poorly comprehended. This study analyzes the disk fraction of 10 young (0.9–2.1 Myr)…”
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THE GOULD'S BELT DISTANCES SURVEY (GOBELINS). I. TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAX DISTANCES AND DEPTH OF THE OPHIUCHUS COMPLEX
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-01-2017)“…ABSTRACT We present the first results of the Gould's Belt Distances Survey (GOBELINS), a project aimed at measuring the proper motion and trigonometric…”
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The Gould's Belt Distances Survey (GOBELINS). V. Distances and Kinematics of the Perseus Molecular Cloud
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-09-2018)“…We derive the distance and structure of the Perseus molecular cloud by combining trigonometric parallaxes from Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations,…”
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The Gould's Belt Distances Survey (GOBELINS). IV. Distance, Depth, and Kinematics of the Taurus Star-forming Region
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-05-2018)“…We present new trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of young stellar objects in the Taurus molecular cloud complex from observations collected with the…”
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CORINOS. I. JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Class 0 Protostar IRAS 15398–3359
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-12-2022)“…The origin of complex organic molecules (COMs) in young Class 0 protostars has been one of the major questions in astrochemistry and star formation. While COMs…”
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PROBING PLANET FORMING ZONES WITH RARE CO ISOTOPOLOGUES
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2016)“…ABSTRACT The gas near the midplanes of planet-forming protostellar disks remains largely unprobed by observations due to the high optical depth of commonly…”
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THE GOULD BELT "MISFITS" SURVEY: THE REAL SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD PROTOSTARS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-06-2015)“…ABSTRACT We present an HCO+ survey of Class 0+I and Flat SED young stellar objects (YSOs) found in the Gould Belt clouds by surveys with Spitzer. Our goal is…”
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Slow Star Formation in the Milky Way: Theory Meets Observations
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-04-2022)“…The observed star formation rate of the Milky Way can be explained by applying a metallicity-dependent factor to convert CO luminosity to molecular gas mass…”
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THE GOULD'S BELT DISTANCES SURVEY (GOBELINS). III. THE DISTANCE TO THE SERPENS/AQUILA MOLECULAR COMPLEX
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-01-2017)“…ABSTRACT We report on new distances and proper motions to seven stars across the Serpens/Aquila complex. The observations were obtained as part of the Gould's…”
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Disk Masses around Solar-mass Stars are Underestimated by CO Observations
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-05-2017)“…Gas in protostellar disks provides the raw material for giant planet formation and controls the dynamics of the planetesimal-building dust grains. Accurate gas…”
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Properties of the Youngest Protostars in Perseus, Serpens, and Ophiuchus
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-02-2009)“…We present an unbiased census of deeply embedded protostars in Perseus, Serpens, and Ophiuchus, assembled by combining large-scale 1.1 mm Bolocam continuum and…”
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The Mass Distribution and Lifetime of Prestellar Cores in Perseus, Serpens, and Ophiuchus
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-09-2008)“…We present an unbiased census of starless cores in Perseus, Serpens, and Ophiuchus, assembled by comparing large-scale Bolocam 1.1 mm continuum emission maps…”
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The Spitzer Ice Legacy: Ice Evolution from Cores to Protostars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-10-2011)“…Ices regulate much of the chemistry during star formation and account for up to 80% of the available oxygen and carbon. In this paper, we use the Spitzer c2d…”
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Which Molecular Cloud Structures Are Bound?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2021)“…We analyze surveys of molecular cloud structures defined by tracers ranging from CO J = 1 → 0 through 13 CO J = 1 → 0 to dust emission together with NH 3 data…”
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