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Water in star-forming regions: physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039084 Bibcode: 2021A&A...648A..24V

de Graauw, Th.; Liseau, R.; Braine, J. +50 more

Context. Water is a key molecule in the physics and chemistry of star and planet formation, but it is difficult to observe from Earth. The Herschel Space Observatory provided unprecedented sensitivity as well as spatial and spectral resolution to study water. The Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH) key program was designed to observ…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 125
The infrared-radio correlation of star-forming galaxies is strongly M-dependent but nearly redshift-invariant since z ∼ 4
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039647 Bibcode: 2021A&A...647A.123D

Prandoni, I.; Daddi, E.; Elbaz, D. +25 more

Over the past decade, several works have used the ratio between total (rest 8−1000 µm) infrared and radio (rest 1.4 GHz) luminosity in star-forming galaxies (qIR), often referred to as the infrared-radio correlation (IRRC), to calibrate the radio emission as a star formation rate (SFR) indicator. Previous studies constrained the e…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 103
The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1. III. Host-galaxy identifications and value added catalogues
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038813 Bibcode: 2021A&A...648A...3K

Bondi, M.; Prandoni, I.; Bowler, R. A. A. +40 more

We present the source associations, cross-identifications, and multi-wavelength properties of the faint radio source population detected in the deep tier of the LOFAR Two Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS): the LoTSS Deep Fields. The first LoTSS Deep Fields data release consists of deep radio imaging at 150 MHz of the ELAIS-N1, Lockman Hole, and Boötes fiel…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Herschel 96
A nearby galaxy perspective on dust evolution. Scaling relations and constraints on the dust build-up in galaxies with the DustPedia and DGS samples
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039701 Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A..18G

De Looze, Ilse; Baes, Maarten; Fritz, Jacopo +13 more

Context. The efficiency of the different processes responsible for the evolution of interstellar dust on the scale of a galaxy are, to date, very uncertain, spanning several orders of magnitude in the literature. Yet, precise knowledge of the grain properties is key to addressing numerous open questions about the physics of the interstellar medium…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 90
The ALPINE-ALMA [CII] survey. Obscured star formation rate density and main sequence of star-forming galaxies at z > 4
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038944 Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A.152K

Cimatti, A.; Maiolino, R.; Pozzi, F. +30 more

Star formation rate (SFR) measurements at z > 4 have relied mostly on the rest-frame far-ultraviolet (FUV) observations. The corrections for dust attenuation based on the IRX-β relation are highly uncertain and are still debated in the literature. Hence, rest-frame far-infrared (FIR) observations are necessary to constrain the dust-obscured com…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 86
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Deep Fields. The star-formation rate-radio luminosity relation at low frequencies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039343 Bibcode: 2021A&A...648A...6S

Bondi, M.; Prandoni, I.; Wang, L. +17 more

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between 150 MHz luminosity and the star-formation rate - the SFR-L150 MHz relation - using 150 MHz measurements for a near-infrared selected sample of 118 517 z < 1 galaxies. New radio survey data offer compelling advantages over previous generation surveys for studying star formation in…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 79
Three Lyman-α-emitting filaments converging to a massive galaxy group at z = 2.91: discussing the case for cold gas infall
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038700 Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A..78D

Finoguenov, A.; Daddi, E.; Elbaz, D. +21 more

We have discovered a 300 kpc-wide giant Lyman-α (Lyα) nebula centered on the massive galaxy group RO-1001 at z = 2.91 in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field. Keck Cosmic Web Imager observations reveal three cold gas filaments converging into the center of the potential well of its ∼4 × 1013 M dark matter halo, hosting 1200 M

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel XMM-Newton eHST 77
Infrared observations of the flaring maser source G358.93-0.03. SOFIA confirms an accretion burst from a massive young stellar object
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039645 Bibcode: 2021A&A...646A.161S

Menten, K. M.; Eislöffel, J.; Klose, S. +24 more

Context. Class II methanol masers are signposts of massive young stellar objects (MYSOs). Recent evidence shows that flares of these masers are driven by MYSO accretion bursts. Thus, maser monitoring can be used to identify such bursts which are hard to discover otherwise. Infrared observations reveal burst-induced changes in the spectral energy d…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
AKARI Herschel ISO 72
Dust polarized emission observations of NGC 6334. BISTRO reveals the details of the complex but organized magnetic field structure of the high-mass star-forming hub-filament network
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038624 Bibcode: 2021A&A...647A..78A

Kim, J.; Tamura, M.; Savini, G. +146 more

Context. Molecular filaments and hubs have received special attention recently thanks to new studies showing their key role in star formation. While the (column) density and velocity structures of both filaments and hubs have been carefully studied, their magnetic field (B-field) properties have yet to be characterized. Consequently, the role of B…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 70
The WISSH quasars project. IX. Cold gas content and environment of luminous QSOs at z ∼ 2.4-4.7
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039057 Bibcode: 2021A&A...645A..33B

Maiolino, R.; Fiore, F.; Marconi, A. +23 more

Context. Sources at the brightest end of the quasi-stellar object (QSO) luminosity function, during the peak epoch in the history of star formation and black hole accretion (z ∼ 2-4, often referred to as "Cosmic noon") are privileged sites to study the cycle of feeding & feedback processes in massive galaxies.
Aims: We aim to perform the …

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 62