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2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

ALMA-IMF: ALMA Transforms the View of the Origin of Stellar Masses

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H01259
Research InstitutionNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Principal Investigator

サヌエザ パトリシオ  国立天文台, アルマプロジェクト, 特任助教 (70769348)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 中村 文隆  国立天文台, 科学研究部, 准教授 (20291354)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
KeywordsHigh-Mass Star Formation / Molecular Clouds / ALMA / IMF
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

As planned, during the second fiscal year we focused on the enhanced data products. Self-calibration has been performed for all fields in both the 12 and 7 m array observations. Continuum images are finished and currently used for the first science articles.

The first paper from the Japanese team is nearly finished, including magnetic field observations. The PI of the project and the hired postdoc have published several articles related to ALMA-IMF and presented in several conferences and workshops, including a public talk.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

The enhanced data products (self-calibration) were produced on time as expected. Analysis of the data has been done simultaneously. In addition to working on the paper focused on G10.62, the PI and the hired postdoc have been analyzing different algorithms for source extraction. The source extraction is key for the final goal of the project, produce the core mass function (CMF) for all fields in the survey.

Early results have been presented in conferences and analysis plans have been successfully applied in other projects, producing several papers (one as first author for the KAKENHI PI and another one as PI for the hired postdoc, and several other articles as co-authors).

Strategy for Future Research Activity

During the final fiscal year we will make the data cubes. All major spectral lines will be imaged. It is the plan to prepare and release to the astronomical community the continuum and line cubes used in the first publication. The first articles from the whole international team will be published. Our Japanese team will focus on the study of the G10.62 region as a first publication.

Remarks

Benjamin Wu gave a public talk to general public in the Tokyo Space Cafe, Tokyo, Japan. "Dude Where's my Rover? Deep Learning for Planetary Rover Exploration"

  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2020 2019

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 9 results)

  • [Journal Article] Large-scale Molecular Gas Distribution in the M17 Cloud Complex: Dense Gas Conditions of Massive Star Formation?2020

    • Author(s)
      Nguyen-Luong, Quang; Nakamura, Fumitaka; Sugitani, Koji; Shimoikura, Tomomi; Dobashi, Kazuhito; Kinoshita, Shinichi W.; Kim, Kee-Tae; Kang, Hyunwoo; Sanhueza, Patricio; Evans, Neal J., II; White, Glenn J.
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 891 Pages: 66 - 80

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ab700a

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Effect of Feedback of Massive Stars in the Fragmentation, Distribution, and Kinematics of the Gas in Two Star-forming Regions in the Carina Nebula2020

    • Author(s)
      Rebolledo, David; Guzman, Andres E.; Contreras, Yanett; Garay, Guido; Medina, S. -N. X.; Sanhueza, Patricio; Green, Anne J.; Castro, Camila; Guzman, Viviana; Burton, Michael G.
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 891 Pages: 113 - 138

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ab6d76

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] GMC Collisions as Triggers of Star Formation. VII. The Effect of Magnetic Field Strength on Star Formation2020

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Benjamin; Tan, Jonathan C.; Christie, Duncan; Nakamura, Fumitaka
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 891 Pages: 168 - 190

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ab77b5

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The ALMA Survey of 70 um Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). I. Pilot Survey: Clump Fragmentation2019

    • Author(s)
      Sanhueza, Patricio; Contreras, Y.; Wu, Benjamin; Jackson, J. M.; Guzman, A. E.; Zhang, Q.; Li, S.; Lu, X.; Silva, A.; Izumi, N.; Liu, T.; Miura, R. E.; Tatematsu, K.; Sakai, T.; Beuther, H.; Garay, G.; Ohashi, S.; Saito, M.; Nakamura, F.; Saigo, K., Veena, V. S.; Nguyen-Luong, Q.; Tafoya, D.
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 886 Pages: 102 - 130

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ab45e9

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Nobeyama 45 m mapping observations toward the nearby molecular clouds Orion A, Aquila Rift, and M17: Project overview2019

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, Fumitaka; Ishii, Shun; Dobashi, Kazuhito; Shimoikura, Tomomi; Shimajiri, Yoshito; Kawabe, Ryohei; Tanabe, Yoshihiro; Hirose, Asha; Oyamada, Shuri; Urasawa, Yumiko; Takemura, H.; Tsukagoshi, T.; Momose, M.; Sugitani, K.; Nishi, R.; Okumura, S.; Sanhueza, Patricio; Nguyen-Luong, Q.; Kusune, T.
    • Journal Title

      Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

      Volume: 71 Pages: 1 - 28

    • DOI

      10.1093/pasj/psz057

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The ALMA Survey of 70 um Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES)2020

    • Author(s)
      Sanhueza, Patricio
    • Organizer
      ALMA-J Seminar, NAOJ
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Magnetic Fields in High-Mass Star Forming Regions: G10.62-0.382020

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Benjamin; Sanhueza, Patricio; Nakamura, Sanhueza
    • Organizer
      East Asian ALMA Science Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The ALMA Survey of 70 um Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES)2020

    • Author(s)
      Sanhueza, Patricio; Wu, Benjamin; Nakamura, Fumitaka
    • Organizer
      East Asian ALMA Science Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Tips for ALMA Proposals2020

    • Author(s)
      Sanhueza, Patricio
    • Organizer
      ALMA Users Meeting, NAOJ
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Inception of Massive Stars in a Dynamic, Magnetized Interstellar Medium2019

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Benjamin; Sanhueza, Patricio
    • Organizer
      Kavli IPMU Seminar
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] High-mass Star Formation2019

    • Author(s)
      Sanhueza, Patricio; Wu, Benjamin
    • Organizer
      Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] A Comprehinsive Study of High-mass Star-forming Regions2019

    • Author(s)
      Sanhueza, Patricio
    • Organizer
      ARC Science Meeting, NAOJ
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] MHD Simulations of Star Cluster-Forming Clumps2019

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Benjamin; Sanhueza, Patricio
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Cluster Formation and Dust Formation, Kiyosato, Japan
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Cloudy with a chance of massive stars: Connecting star cluster formation with its environment2019

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Benjamin; Sanhueza, Patricio; Nakamura, Fumitaka
    • Organizer
      Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux Seminar, Bordeaux, France
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Magnetic Fields in High-Mass Star Forming Regions: The Case of G10.62-0.382019

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Benjamin; Sanhueza, Patricio; Nakamura, Fumitaka
    • Organizer
      ALMA Science Meeting 2019, Cagliari, Italy
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cloud Computing for Computing Clouds: Machine learning applications from space exploration to star formation2019

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Benjamin
    • Organizer
      ALMA-J Seminar, NAOJ
    • Invited

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Published: 2021-01-27  

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