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    • A 100 pc elliptical and twisted ring of cold and dense molecular clouds revealed by Herschel around the galactic center 

      Molinari, S.; Bally, J.; Noriega-Crespo, A.; Compiegne, M.; Bernard, J.P.; Paradis, D.; Martin, P.; Testi, L.; Barlow, M.; Moore, T.; Plume, R.; Swinyard, B.; Zavagno, A.; Calzoletti, L.; M. Di Giorgio, A.; Elia, D.; Faustini, F.; Natoli, P.; Pestalozzi, Michele; Pezzuto, S.; Piacentini, F.; Polenta, G.; Polychroni, D.; Schisano, E.; Traficante, A.; Veneziani, M.; Battersby, C.; Burton, M.; Carey, S.; Fukui, Y.; Li, J.Z.; Lord, S.D.; Morgan, L.; Motte, F.; Schuller, F.; Stringfellow, G.S.; Tan, J.C.; Thompson, Mark; Ward-Thompson, D.; White, G.; Umana, G. (2011)
      Thermal images of cold dust in the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way, obtained with the far-infrared cameras on board the Herschel satellite, reveal a ~3 × 107 M ring of dense and cold clouds orbiting the Galactic ...
    • Clouds, filaments, and protostars : The Herschel Hi-GAL Milky Way 

      Molinari, S.; Swinyard, B.; Bally, J.; Barlow, M.; Bernard, J.-P.; Martin, P.; Moore, T.; Noriega-Crespo, A.; Plume, R.; Testi, L.; Zavagno, A.; Abergel, A.; Ali, B.; Anderson, L.; André, P.; Baluteau, J.-P.; Battersby, C.; Beltrán, M. T.; Benedettini, M.; Billot, N.; Blommaert, J.; Bontemps, S.; Boulanger, F.; Brand, J.; Brunt, C.; Burton, M.; Calzoletti, L.; Carey, S.; Caselli, P.; Cesaroni, R.; Cernicharo, J.; Chakrabarti, S.; Chrysostomou, A.; Cohen, M.; Compiegne, M.; de Bernardis, P.; de Gasperis, G.; di Giorgio, A.M.; Elia, D.; Faustini, F.; Flagey, N.; Fukui, Y.; Fuller, G.A.; Ganga, K.; Garcia-Lario, P.; Glenn, J.; Goldsmith, P.F.; Griffin, M.; Hoare, M.; Huang, M.; Ikhenaode, D.; Joblin, C.; Joncas, G.; Juvela, M.; Kirk, J.M.; Lagache, G.; Li, J.Z.; Lim, T.L.; Lord, S.D.; Marengo, M.; Marshall, D.J.; Masi, S.; Massi, F.; Matsuura, M.; Minier, V.; Miville-Deschênes, M.-A.; Montier, L.A.; Morgan, L.; Motte, F.; Mottram, J.C.; Müller, T.G.; Natoli, P.; Neves, J.; Olmi, L.; Paladini, R.; Paradis, D.; Parsons, H.; Peretto, N.; Pestalozzi, M.; Pezzuto, S.; Piacentini, F.; Piazzo, L.; Polychroni, D.; Pomarès, M.; Popescu, C. C.; Reach, W.T.; Ristorcelli, I.; Robitaille, J.-F.; Robitaille, T.; Rodón, J.A.; Roy, A.; Royer, P.; Russeil, D.; Saraceno, P.; Sauvage, M.; Schilke, P.; Schisano, E.; Schneider, N.; Schuller, F.; Schulz, B.; Sibthorpe, B.; Smith, H. A.; Smith, M.D.; Spinoglio, L.; Stamatellos, D.; Strafella, F.; Stringfellow, G.S.; Sturm, E.; Taylor, R.; Thompson, Mark; Traficante, A.; Tuffs, R. J.; Umana, G.; Valenziano, L.; Vavrek, R.; Veneziani, M.; Viti, S.; Waelkens, C.; Ward-Thompson, D.; White, G.; Wilcock, L.A.; Wyrowski, F.; Yorke, H.W.; Zhang, Q. (2010-07-01)
      We present the first results from the science demonstration phase for the Hi-GAL survey, the Herschel key program that will map the inner Galactic plane of the Milky Way in 5 bands. We outline our data reduction strategy ...
    • Clustering properties of far-infrared sources in Hi-Gal science demonstation phase fields 

      Billot, N.; Schisano, E.; Pestalozzi, Michele; Molinari, S.; Noriega-Crespo, A.; Mottram, J.C.; Anderson, L.D.; Elia, D.; Stringfellow, G. S.; Thompson, Mark; Polychroni, D.; Testi, L. (2011)
      We use a minimum spanning tree (MST) algorithm to characterize the spatial distribution of Galactic far-IR sources and derive their clustering properties. We aim to reveal the spatial imprint of different types of star-forming ...
    • Cores in infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) seen in the Hi-GAL survey between l=300 degrees and 330 degrees 

      Wilcock, L.A.; Ward-Thompson, D.; Kirk, J.M.; Stamatellos, D.; Whitworth, A.; Elia, D.; Fuller, G.A.; DiGiorgio, A.; Griffin, M.J.; Molinari, S.; Martin, P.; Mottram, J. C.; Peretto, N.; Pestalozzi, M.; Schisano, E.; Plume, R.; Smith, H. A.; Thompson, M. A. (2012-05)
      We have used data taken as part of the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane survey (Hi-GAL) to study 3171 infrared dark cloud (IRDC) candidates that were identified in the mid-IR (8 mu m) by Spitzer (we refer to these as ...
    • Extreme star formation in the Milky Way: luminosity distributions of young stellar objects in W49A and W51 

      Eden, D. J.; Moore, T. J. T.; Urquhart, J. S.; Elia, D.; Plume, R.; Konig, C.; Baldeschi, A.; Schisano, E.; Rigby, A. J.; Morgan, L. K.; Thompson, M. A. (2018-07-01)
      We have compared the star-formation properties of the W49A and W51 regions by using far-infrared data from the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey (Hi-GAL) and 850-μm observations from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope ...
    • A Herschel study of YSO evolutionary stages and formation timelines in two fields of the Hi-GAL survey 

      Elia, D.; Schisano, E.; Molinari, S.; Robitaille, T.; Anglés-Alcázar, D.; Bally, J.; Battersby, C.; Benedettini, M.; Billot, N.; Calzoletti, L.; Di Giorgio, A. M.; Faustini, F.; Li, J. Z.; Martin, P.; Morgan, L.; Motte, F.; Mottram, J.C.; Natoli, P.; Olmi, L.; Paladini, R.; Piacentini, F.; Pestalozzi, M.; Pezzuto, S.; Polychroni, D.; Smith, M.; Strafella, F.; Stringfellow, G. S.; Testi, L.; Thompson, M.A.; Traficante, A.; Veneziani, M. (2010-05-11)
      We present a first study of the star-forming compact dust condensations revealed by Herschel in the two 2 \times 2 \degr Galactic Plane fields centered at [l;b] = [30\degr; 0 \degr] and [l;b] = [59\degr; 0 \degr], respectively, ...
    • A Hi-GAL study of the high-mass star-forming region G29.96-0.02 

      Beltran, M.T.; Olmi, L.; Cesaroni, R.; Schisano, E.; Elia, D.; Molinari, S.; Di Giorgio, A. M.; Kirk, J.M.; Mottram, J.C.; Pestalozzi, M.; Testi, L.; Thompson, M.A. (2013-04)
      Context. G29.96-0.02 is a high-mass star-forming cloud observed at 70, 160, 250, 350, and 500 $m as part of the Herschel survey of the Galactic plane (Hi-GAL) during the science demonstration phase. Aims: We wish to conduct ...
    • Hi-GAL, the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey : photometric maps and compact source catalogues. First data release for Inner Milky Way: +68°> l > -70° 

      Molinari, S.; Schisano, E.; Elia, D.; Pestalozzi, M.; Traficante, A.; Pezzuto, S.; Swinyard, B. M.; Noriega-Crespo, A.; Bally, J.; Moore, T. J. T.; Plume, R.; Zavagno, A.; Giorgio, A. M. di; Liu, S. J.; Pilbratt, G. L.; Mottram, J. C.; Russeil, D.; Piazzo, L.; Veneziani, M.; Benedettini, M.; Calzoletti, L.; Faustini, F.; Natoli, P.; Piacentini, F.; Merello, M.; Palmese, A.; Grande, R. Del; Polychroni, D.; Rygl, K. L. J.; Polenta, G.; Barlow, M. J.; Bernard, J. -P.; Martin, P. G.; Testi, L.; Ali, B.; Andrè, P.; Beltrán, M. T.; Billot, N.; Brunt, C.; Carey, S.; Cesaroni, R.; Compiègne, M.; Eden, D.; Fukui, Y.; Garcia-Lario, P.; Hoare, M. G.; Huang, M.; Joncas, G.; Lim, T. L.; Lord, S. D.; Martinavarro-Armengol, S.; Motte, F.; Paladini, R.; Paradis, D.; Peretto, N.; Robitaille, T.; Schilke, P.; Schneider, N.; Schulz, B.; Sibthorpe, B.; Strafella, F.; Thompson, M. A.; Umana, G.; Ward-Thompson, D.; Wyrowski, F. (2016-07-04)
      (Abridged) We present the first public release of high-quality data products (DR1) from Hi-GAL, the {\em Herschel} infrared Galactic Plane Survey. Hi-GAL is the keystone of a suite of continuum Galactic Plane surveys from ...
    • Hi-GAL: The Herschel Infrared Galactic Plane Survey 

      Molinari, S.; Swinyard, B.; Bally, J.; Barlow, M.; Bernard, J.P.; Martin, P.; Moore, T.; Noriega-Crespo, A.; Plume, R.; Testi, L.; Zavagno, A.; Abergel, A.; Ali, B.; André, P.; Baluteau, J.-P.; Benedettini, M.; Berné, O.; Billot, N. P.; Blommaert, J.; Bontemps, S.; Boulanger, F.; Brand, J.; Brunt, C.; Burton, M.; Campeggio, L.; Carey, S.; Caselli, P.; Cesaroni, R.; Cernicharo, J.; Chakrabarti, S.; Chrysostomou, A.; Codella, C.; Cohen, M.; Compiegne, M.; Davis, C.J.; de Bernardis, P.; de Gasperis, G.; Di Francesco, J.; Di Giorgio, A. M.; Elia, D.; Faustini, F.; Fischera, J.F.; Fukui, Y.; Fuller, G.A.; Ganga, K.; Garcia-Lario, P.; Giard, M.; Giardino, G.; Glenn, J.; Goldsmith, P.; Griffin, M.; Hoare, M.; Huang, M.; Jiang, B.; Joblin, C.; Joncas, G.; Juvela, M.; Kirk, J.; Lagache, G.; Li, J.Z.; Lim, T.L.; Lord, S.D.; Lucas, P.W.; Maiolo, B.; Marengo, M.; Marshall, D.; Masi, S.; Massi, F.; Matsuura, M.; Meny, C.; Minier, V.; Miville-Deschênes, M.-A.; Montier, L.; Motte, F.; Müller, T.G.; Natoli, P.; Neves, J.; Olmi, L.; Paladini, R.; Paradis, D.; Pestalozzi, M.; Pezzuto, S.; Piacentini, F.; Pomarès, M.; Popescu, C. C.; Reach, W.T.; Richer, J.; Ristorcelli, I.; Roy, A.; Royer, P.; Russeil, D.; Saraceno, P.; Sauvage, M.; Schilke, P.; Schneider-Bontemps, N.; Schuller, F.; Schultz, B.; Shepherd, D.S.; Sibthorpe, B.; Smith, H.A.; Smith, M.D.; Spinoglio, L.; Stamatellos, D.; Strafella, F.; Stringfellow, G.; Sturm, E.; Taylor, R.; Thompson, M.A.; Tuffs, R. J.; Umana, G.; Valenziano, L.; Vavrek, R.; Viti, S.; Waelkens, C.; Ward-Thompson, D.; White, G.; Wyrowski, F.; Yorke, H.W.; Zhang, Q. (2010-03-01)
      Hi-GAL, the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey, is an Open Time Key Project of the Herschel Space Observatory. It will make an unbiased photometric survey of the inner Galactic plane by mapping a 2° wide strip in the ...
    • Isolated starless cores in infrared dark clouds in the Hi-GAL survey 

      Wilcock, L.A.; Ward-Thompson, D.; Kirk, J.M.; Stamatellos, D.; Whitworth, A.; Battersby, C.; Elia, D.; Fuller, G.A.; DiGiorgio, A.; Griffin, M.J.; Molinari, S.; Martin, P.; Mottram, J.C.; Peretto, N.; Pestalozzi, M.; Schisano, E.; Smith, H.A.; Thompson, M.A. (2012-07-01)
      In a previous paper, we identified cores within infrared dark clouds. We regarded those without embedded sources as the least evolved and labelled them starless. Here we identify the most isolated starless cores and model ...
    • On the shape of the mass-function of dense clumps in the Hi-GAL fields . I : Spectral energy distribution determination and global properties of the mass-functions 

      Olmi, L.; Anglés-Alcázar, D.; Elia, D.; Molinari, S.; Montier, L.; Pestalozzi, M.; Pezzuto, S.; Polychroni, D.; Ristorcelli, I.; Rodon, J.; Schisano, E.; Smith, M.D.; Testi, L.; Thompson, M. (2013-03-01)
      Context. Stars form in dense, dusty clumps of molecular clouds, but little is known about their origin and evolution. In particular, the relationship between the mass distribution of these clumps (also known as the clump ...
    • On the shape of the mass-function of dense clumps in the Hi-GAL fields II : Using Bayesian inference to study the clump mass function 

      Olmi, L.; Anglés-Alcázar, D.; Elia, D.; Molinari, S.; Pestalozzi, M.; Pezzuto, S.; Schisano, E.; Testi, L.; Thompson, M.A. (2014-04)
      Context. Stars form in dense, dusty clumps of molecular clouds, but little is known about their origin, their evolution, and their detailed physical properties. In particular, the relationship between the mass distribution ...
    • Star formation scales and efficiency in Galactic spiral arms 

      Eden, D.~J.; Moore, T.~J.~T.; Urquhart, J.~S.; Elia, D.; Plume, R.; Rigby, A.~J.; Thompson, M.~A. (2015-09-01)
      We positionally match a sample of infrared-selected young stellar objects, identified by combining the Spitzer Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and Herschel Space ...