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A new distance to the Brick, the dense molecular cloud G0.253+0.016

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Magnetic field at the Galactic centre from multiwavelength dust polarization

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X-raying molecular clouds with a short flare: probing statistics of gas density and velocity fields

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SOFIA-upGREAT Imaging Spectroscopy of the [C ii] 158 μm Fine-structure Line of the Sgr B Region in the Galactic Center

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A Broad Line-width, Compact, Millimeter-bright Molecular Emission Line Source near the Galactic Center

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The Interstellar Medium toward the Galactic Center Source 2MASS J17470898–2829561

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Magnetic Fields in Ministarburst Complex Sgr B2

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ALMA Observations of Massive Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone: External-pressure-confined Dense Cores and Salpeter-like Core Mass Functions

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Karoly, J., Ward-Thompson, D., Pattle, K. M., Longmore, S. N., Francesco, J. D., Whitworth, A. P., Johnstone, D., Sadavoy, S., Koch, P. M., Yang, M.-Z., et al. (2025) · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · doi:10.3847/2041-8213/adbc67 · Cited by 6

Constraints on the Distribution of Gas and Young Stars in the Galactic Centre in the Context of Interpreting Gamma Ray Emission Features

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A Multiwavelength Study of the Sgr B Region: Contiguous Cloud–Cloud Collisions Triggering Widespread Star Formation Events?

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Observed kinematics of the Milky Way nuclear stellar disk region

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Gas dynamics in the central molecular zone and its connection with the galactic bar

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PAMS: The Perseus Arm Molecular Survey–I. Survey description and first results

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Feedback between Sgr A and B: AGN–starburst connection in the galactic centre

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ALMA observations of massive clouds in the central molecular zone: slim filaments tracing parsec-scale shocks

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Not gone with the wind: survival of high-velocity molecular clouds in the galactic centre

Zhang, M., & Li, M. (2023) · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · doi:10.1093/mnras/stad3408 · Cited by 4

Turbulent Pressure Heats Gas and Suppresses Star Formation in Galactic Bar Molecular Clouds

Nilipour, A., Ott, J., Meier, D. S., Svoboda, B., Sormani, M. C., Ginsburg, A. G., Gramze, S. R., Butterfield, N., & Klessen, R. S. (2024) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad8631 · Cited by 4

The properties and kinematics of HCN emission across the closest starburst galaxy NGC 253 observed with ALMA

Bešlić, I., Barnes, A. T., Bigiel, F., Jiménez-Donaire, M. J., Usero, A., Henshaw, J. D., Faesi, C. M., Leroy, A. K., Rosolowsky, E. W., den Brok, J. S., et al. (2024) · Astronomy and Astrophysics · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202347568 · Cited by 4

Northern Galactic Molecular Cloud Clumps in Hi-GAL: Clump and Star Formation within Clouds

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The Starburst Acceleration of High-velocity Clouds in the Galactic Center

Zhang, M.-F., Li, M., & Zhu, P.-X. (2025) · Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/adb619

SOFIA/FORCAST Galactic Center Source Catalog

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Unusual infrared emission toward Sgr B2: possible planar C 24

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Nonthermal Pressures: Key to Energy Balance and Structure Formation near Sgr A* in the Milky Way

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Molecular gas and star formation in central rings across nearby galaxies

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ACES: The Magnetic Field in Large Filaments in the Galactic Center

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Searching for pulsars, magnetars, and fast radio bursts in the sculptor galaxy using MeerKAT

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Multiwavelength Galactic center gamma-ray observations explained by a unified cosmic-ray dynamics model

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Parallel Alignments between Magnetic Fields and Dense Structures in the Central Molecular Zone

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Tails of Gravity: Persistence of Star Formation in the Central Molecular Zone

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Dependence of star formation rate on different properties of molecular clouds

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