The Galactic Center Magnetosphere
by Natalie Butterfield
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The SOFIA Legacy Program FEEDBACK
by Nicola Schneider, Alexander Tielens, and Anashe Bandari
Paper: FEEDBACK: a SOFIA Legacy Program to Study Stellar Feedback in Regions of Massive Star Formation
Schneider, N., et al., 2020/10, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 132j4301S.
The SOFIA/EXES Mid-IR High Spectral Resolution Library
By José Pablo Fonfría, Ed Montiel & Joan Schmelz
Water on the Moon 2022
By Anicia Arredondo
Paper: Regional Map of Molecular Water at High Southern Latitudes on the Moon Using 6 μm Data From the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
C.I. Honniball, et al., Geophysical Research Letters 2022.
Magnetic Fields - A Ubiquitous Part of Galaxy Ecosystems
By Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez and Joan Schmelz
Paper: Extragalactic magnetism with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program) -- IV: Program overview and first results on the polarization fraction
Lopez-Rodriguez, Enrique, et al., 2022-05-00.
Deuterated Hydroxyl as a Star Formation Tracer
By Timea Csengeri and Joan Schmelz
Paper: SOFIA/GREAT observations of OD and OH rotational lines towards high-mass star forming regions
Csengeri, T., et al., 2022/02, A&A, 658A, A193.
The Cygnus X Protostellar Luminosity Function
By Yingjie Cheng and Joan Schmelz
Paper: Completing the Protostellar Luminosity Function in Cygnus-X with SOFIA/FORCAST Imaging
Cheng, Yingjie, et al., 2022/05, MNRAS, 512, 960.
Constraining Magnetic and Gravitational Energies in Star-Forming Clouds
By Dennis Lee and Joan Schmelz
Paper: HAWC+/SOFIA Polarimetry in L1688: Relative Orientation of Magnetic Field and Elongated Cloud Structure
Lee, Dennis, et al., 2021/09, ApJ, 918, 39.
Multi-Phase [C II] Emission in Nearby Galaxies
By Elizabeth Tarantino and Joan Schmelz
Paper: Characterizing the Multiphase Origin of [C II] Emission in M101 and NGC 6946 with Velocity-resolved Spectroscopy
Tarantino, Elizabeth, et al., 2021/07, ApJ, 915, 92.
Magnetically-Driven Flows in NGC 1097
By Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez and Joan Schmelz
Paper: Extragalactic Magnetism with SOFIA (Legacy Program) - II: A Magnetically Driven Flow in the Starburst Ring of NGC 1097
Lopez-Rodriguez, Enrique, et al., 2021/12, ApJ, 923, 150.
Magnetically-driven flows feed the super massive blackhole at the center of NGC 1097. SOFIA investigated this long-standing problem of the large-scale transfer of matter from the body of the host galaxy to the active nucleus.
Temperature and Density Layers in the Ghost Nebula
By Archana Soam and Joan Schmelz
Paper: Spatial Variation in Temperature and Density in the IC 63 PDR from H2 Spectroscopy
Soam, Archana, et al., 2021/12, ApJ, 923, 107.
Role of Magnetic Fields in Cloud Destruction in the Keyhole Nebula
By Youngmin Seo and Joan Schmelz
Paper: Probing Polarization and the Role of Magnetic Fields in Cloud Destruction in the Keyhole Nebula
Seo, Young Min, et al., 2021/08, ApJ, 917, 57.