Context. The physical properties, evolution, and fragmentation of massive dense cores
(MDCs,~ 0.1 pc) are fundamental pieces in our understanding of high-mass star formation …

Context. Recent observational progress has challenged the dust grain-alignment theories
used to explain the polarized dust emission routinely observed in star-forming cores. Aims …

Dynamical studies of dense structures within molecular clouds often conclude that the most
massive clumps contain too little kinetic energy for virial equilibrium, unless they are …

Context. How the diffuse medium of molecular clouds condenses in dense cores and how
many of these cores will evolve in protostars is still a poorly understood step of the star …

The study of the development of structures on multiple scales in the cold interstellar medium
has experienced rapid expansion in the past decade, on both the observational and the …

Recent advances in identifying giant molecular filaments in Galactic surveys allow us to
study the interstellar material and its dense, potentially star forming phase on scales …

We present initial results from the K-band Focal Plane Array Examinations of Young STellar
Object Natal Environments survey, a large project on the 100 m Green Bank Telescope …

We study the formation, evolution, and collapse of dense cores by tracking structures in a
magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a star-forming cloud. We identify cores using the …

We perform a virial analysis of starless dense cores in three nearby star-forming regions:
L1688 in Ophiuchus, NGC 1333 in Perseus, and B18 in Taurus. Our analysis takes …

Understanding the chemical processes during starless core and prestellar core evolution is
an important step in understanding the initial stages of star and disc formation. This project is …