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Composite image of the nebula RCW 120

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.

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The SOFIA/EXES Mid-IR High Spectral Resolution Library

By José Pablo Fonfría, Ed Montiel & Joan Schmelz

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OD absorption spectrum over a three-color image of W49A with a plus sign on spectrum position

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.

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Planck magnetic streamlines on a Herschel image of Rho Ophiuchi with insets from SOFIA/HAWC+

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.

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Three-color image of the Ghost Nebula

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.

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Magnetic field streamlines detected by SOFIA are shown over an image of the Keyhole Nebula

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.

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Composite image of the nebula RCW 120

Stellar Feedback and Triggered Star Formation in RCW 120

By Matteo Luisi

Paper: Stellar feedback and triggered star formation in the prototypical bubble RCW 120
Luisi, Matteo, et al., 2021/04, SciA, 7, 9511.

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Spitzer image of NGC 6334 with inset showing high-mass protostar pre- and post-outburst luminosity.

Episodic Accretion in High-Mass Protostars

By James De Buizer and Joan Schmelz

Paper: The Extraordinary Outburst in the Massive Protostellar System NGC 6334 I-MM1: Strong Increase in Mid-Infrared Continuum Emission
Hunter, T. R., et al., 2021/05, ApJL, 912, L17.

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Artist’s impression of a stochastic accretion event

Episodic Accretion in Massive Star Formation

By Joan Schmelz and James Jackson

Paper: Infrared observations of the flaring maser source G358.93-0.03. SOFIA confirms an accretion burst from a massive young stellar object
Stecklum, B., et al., 2021/02, A&A, 646A, A161.

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Orion KL region with SOFIA EXES spectrum across the bottom

EXES Probes the Heart of Hot-Core Chemistry

By Sarah Nickerson, Naseem Rangwala, and Joan Schmelz

Paper: The First Mid-infrared Detection of HNC in the Interstellar Medium: Probing the Extreme Environment toward the Orion Hot Core
Nickerson, et al., 2021/01, ApJ, 907, 51.

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