Search Results - "Fischer, William J."
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Constraining the Rate of Protostellar Accretion Outbursts in the Orion Molecular Clouds
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-02-2019)“…Outbursts due to dramatic increases in the mass accretion rate are the most extreme type of variability in young stellar objects. We searched for outbursts…”
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Gaps and Rings in an ALMA Survey of Disks in the Taurus Star-forming Region
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-12-2018)“…Rings are the most frequently revealed substructure in Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) dust observations of protoplanetary disks, but their…”
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Compact Disks in a High-resolution ALMA Survey of Dust Structures in the Taurus Molecular Cloud
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2019)“…We present a high-resolution (∼0 12, ∼16 au, mean sensitivity of 50 Jy beam−1 at 225 GHz) snapshot survey of 32 protoplanetary disks around young stars with…”
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300: An ACA 870 μm Continuum Survey of Orion Protostars and Their Evolution
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2023)“…Abstract We present an 870 μ m continuum survey of 300 protostars from the Herschel Orion Protostar Survey using the Atacama Compact Array (ACA). These data…”
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The Herschel Orion Protostar Survey: Luminosity and Envelope Evolution
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2017)“…The Herschel Orion Protostar Survey obtained well-sampled 1.2-870 m spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of over 300 protostars in the Orion molecular clouds,…”
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Star-Gas Surface Density Correlations in 12 Nearby Molecular Clouds. I. Data Collection and Star-sampled Analysis
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2020)“…We explore the relation between the stellar mass surface density and the mass surface density of molecular hydrogen gas in 12 nearby molecular clouds that are…”
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Extension of HOPS out to 500 pc (eHOPS). I. Identification and Modeling of Protostars in the Aquila Molecular Clouds
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-06-2023)“…Abstract We present a Spitzer/Herschel focused survey of the Aquila molecular clouds ( d ∼ 436 pc) as part of the eHOPS (extension of the Herschel orion…”
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Demographics of Protoplanetary Disks: A Simulated Population of Edge-on Systems
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2023)“…Abstract The structure of protoplanetary disks plays an essential role in planet formation. A disk that is highly inclined, or “edge-on,” is of particular…”
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Far-infrared Luminosity Bursts Trace Mass Accretion onto Protostars
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2024)“…Abstract Evidence abounds that young stellar objects undergo luminous bursts of intense accretion that are short compared to the time it takes to form a star…”
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Lyα Scattering Models Trace Accretion and Outflow Kinematics in T Tauri Systems
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2023)“…Abstract T Tauri stars produce broad Ly α emission lines that contribute ∼88% of the total UV flux incident on the inner circumstellar disks. Ly α photons are…”
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An HST Survey of Protostellar Outflow Cavities: Does Feedback Clear Envelopes?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2021)“…Abstract We study protostellar envelope and outflow evolution using Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS or WFC3 images of 304 protostars in the Orion molecular…”
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Investigating the Impact of Metallicity on Star Formation in the Outer Galaxy. I. VLT/KMOS Survey of Young Stellar Objects in Canis Major
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-08-2023)“…The effects of metallicity on the evolution of protoplanetary disks may be studied in the outer Galaxy where the metallicity is lower than in the solar…”
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CHARACTERIZING THE YOUNGEST HERSCHEL-DETECTED PROTOSTARS. II. MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS FROM THE MILLIMETER AND THE FAR-INFRARED
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) CO ( ) observations and Herschel PACS spectroscopy, characterizing the…”
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A Multiwavelength, Multiepoch Monitoring Campaign of Accretion Variability in T Tauri Stars from the ODYSSEUS Survey. I. HST Far-UV and Near-UV Spectra
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2024)“…Abstract The classical T Tauri star (CTTS) stage is a critical phase of the star and planet formation process. In an effort to better understand the mass…”
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EVOLUTION OF MASS OUTFLOW IN PROTOSTARS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2016)“…ABSTRACT We have surveyed 84 Class 0, Class I, and flat-spectrum protostars in mid-infrared [Si ii], [Fe ii], and [S i] line emission, and 11 of these in…”
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Star Formation Under the Outflow: The Discovery of a Non-thermal Jet from OMC-2 FIR 3 and Its Relationship to the Deeply Embedded FIR 4 Protostar
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2017)“…We carried out multiwavelength (0.7-5 cm), multi-epoch (1994-2015) Very Large Array (VLA) observations toward the region enclosing the bright far-IR sources…”
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JWST/MIRI Detection of Suprathermal OH Rotational Emissions: Probing the Dissociation of the Water by Lyα Photons near the Protostar HOPS 370
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-05-2024)“…Abstract Using the MIRI medium-resolution spectrometer on JWST, we have detected pure rotational, suprathermal OH emissions from the vicinity of the…”
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THE MID-INFRARED EVOLUTION OF THE FU ORIONIS DISK
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-11-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present new SOFIA-FORCAST observations obtained in 2016 February of the archetypal outbursting low-mass young stellar object FU Orionis, and we…”
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The newborn planet population emerging from ring-like structures in discs
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-06-2019)“…Abstract ALMA has observed a plethora of ring-like structures in planet-forming discs at distances of 10–100 au from their host star. Although several…”
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The VLA/ALMA Nascent Disk and Multiplicity (VANDAM) Survey of Orion Protostars. II. A Statistical Characterization of Class 0 and Class I Protostellar Disks
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-02-2020)“…We have conducted a survey of 328 protostars in the Orion molecular clouds with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array at 0.87 mm at a resolution of…”
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