Submillimeter/millimeter observations of the high-mass star forming region IRAS 22506+5944 ∗
The mapping observations of CO J = 2-1, CO J = 3-2, 13 CO J = 2-1 and 13 CO J = 3-2 lines in the direction of IRAS 22506+5944 have been made. The results show that the cores in the J = 2-1 transition lines have a similar morphology to those in the J = 3-2 transition lines. Bipolar molecular outflows are verified. The prior IRAS 22506+5944 observations indicated that two IRAS sources and three H 2 O masers were located close to the peak position of the core. One of the IRAS sources may be the driving source of the outflows. In addition, the H 2 O masers may occur in relatively warm environments. The parameters of the dense core and outflow, obtained by the LTE method, indicate that IRAS 22506+5944 is a high-mass star formation region.

title: Outflow and accretion detections in the young stellar object IRAS 04579+4703
abstract: We present Submillimeter Array observations of the young stellar object IRAS 04579+4703 in the 1.3 mm continuum and in the 12 CO(2−1), 13 CO(2−1), and C 18 O(2−1) lines. The 1.3 mm continuum image reveals a flattened structure with a mass of 13 M � . The 12 CO(2−1) line map and position-velocity diagram, together with the broad wing (full width = 30 km s −1 )o f the 12 CO(2−1) line, clearly show that there is an outflow motion, which originates from an embedded massive YSO in this region. The lengths of the blue-shifted and red-shifted lobes are 0.14 pc and 0.13 pc, respectively. The total gas mass, average dynamical timescale, and

title: PROPERTIES AND KEPLERIAN ROTATION OF THE HOT CORE IRAS 20126+4104
abstract: We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of the massive star-forming region IRAS 20126+4104 in the millimeter continuum and in several molecular line transitions. With the SMA data, we have detected nine molecular transitions, including deuterated hydrogen cyanide, CH{sub 3}OH, H{sub 2}CO, and HC{sub 3}N molecules, and imaged each molecular line. From the 1.3 mm continuum emission a compact millimeter source is revealed, which is also associated with H{sub 2}O, OH, and CH{sub 3}OH masers. Using a rotation temperature diagram, we derive that the rotational temperature and the column density of CH{sub 3}OH are 200 K and 3.7 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 17} cm{sup -2}, respectively. The calculated results and analysis further indicate that a hot core coincides with IRAS 20126+4104. The position-velocity diagrams of H{sub 2}CO (3{sub 0,3}-2{sub 0,2}) and HC{sub 3}N (25-24) clearly present Keplerian rotation. Moreover, H{sub 2}CO (3{sub 0,3}-2{sub 0,2}) is found to trace the disk rotation for the first time.

title: The open cluster NGC 6823 and possible triggered star formation associated with SNR G59.5+0.1
abstract: We investigate the environment in the vicinity of the supernova remnant (SNR) G59.5+0.1 and identify all the young stellar objects (YSOs) around the SNR, to derive the physical properties, obtain insight into the star-formation history, and determine whether SNR G59.5+0.1 can trigger star formation in this region.  We perform the submillimeter/millimeter observations in CO lines toward the southeast of SNR G59.5+0.1 with the KOSMA 3 m Telescope. High values of the integrated CO line-intensity ratio RICO(3−2)/ICO(2−1) is identified as one good signature of the SNR-MC (molecular cloud) interacting system. To investigate the impact of SNR G59.5+0.1 on the process of star formation, we use GLIMPSE I catalog to select YSOs (including Class I and Class II sources).  The CO emission forming an arc-like shape and mid-infrared 8.28 μm emission are coincident with SNR G59.5+0.1, which ‐

title: Molecular clumps and star formation associated with the infrared dust bubble N131
abstract: The aim is to explore the interstellar medium around the dust bubble N131 and search for signatures of star formation. 
Methods. We perform a multiwavelength study around the N131 with data taken from large-scale surveys of infrared observation with online archive. We present new observations of three CO J = 1 - 0 isotope variants from Purple Mountain Observatory 13.7 m telescope. We analyze the distribution of the molecular gas and dust in the environment of the N131. We use color-color diagrams to search for young stellar objects and identify exciting star candidates. 
Results. The kinematic distance of about 8.6 kpc has been adopted as the distance of the bubble N131 from the Sun in this work. We have found a ring of clouds in CO emission coincident with the shell of N131 seen in the Spitzer telescope images, and two giant elongated molecular clouds of CO emission appearing on opposite sides of the ringlike shell of N131. There is a cavity within bubble at 1.4 GHz and 24 {\mu}m. Seven IRAS point sources are distributed along the ringlike shell of the bubble N131. 15 exciting stars and 63 YSOs candidates have been found. The clustered class I and II YSOs are distributed along the elongated clouds in the line of sight.

title: Submillimeter / millimeter observations of the molecular clouds associated with Tycho’s supernova remnant
abstract: We have carried out CO J = 2 - 1 and CO J = 3 - 2 observations toward Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) using the KOSMA 3m-telescope. From these observations, we identified three molecular clouds (MCs) around the SNR. The small cloud in the southwest was discovered for the first time. In the north and east, two MCs (Cloud A and Cloud B) adjacent in space display a bow-shaped morphology, and have broad emission lines, which provide some direct evidences of the SNR-MCs interaction. The MCs are revealed at -69~ -59 km s -1 , coincident with Tycho's SNR. The MCs associated with Tycho's SNR have a mass of ~ 2.13 × 10 3 M ⊙ . Position-velocity diagrams show the two clouds to be adjacent in velocity, which means cloud-cloud collision could occur in this region. The maximum value (0.66 ± 0.10) of the integrated CO line intensity ratio (I CO J =3-2 /I CO J =2-1 ) for the three MCs agrees well with the previous measurement of individual Galactic MCs, implying that the SNR shock drove into the MCs. The two MCs have a line intensity ratio gradient. The distribution of the ratio appears to indicate that the shock propagates from the southwest to the northeast.

title: Transition Density and Pressure at the Inner Edge of Neutron Star Crusts
abstract: Using the nuclear symmetry energy that has been recently constrained by the isospin diffusion data in intermediate-energy heavy ion collisions, we have studied the transition density and pressure at the inner edge of neutron star crusts, and they are found to be 0.040 fm$^{-3}$ $\leq \rho_{t}\leq 0.065$ fm$^{-3}$ and 0.01 MeV/fm$^{3}$ $\leq P_{t}\leq 0.26$ MeV/fm$^{3}$, respectively, in both the dynamical and thermodynamical approaches. We have also found that the widely used parabolic approximation to the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter gives significantly higher values of core-crust transition density and pressure, especially for stiff symmetry energies. With these newly determined transition density and pressure, we have obtained an improved relation between the mass and radius of neutron stars.

title: Nuclear constraints on the core-crust transition density and pressure of neutron stars
abstract: Using the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter that has been recently constrained by the isospin diffusion data from intermediate-energy heavy ion collisions, we have studied the transition density and pressure at the inner edge of neutron star crusts, and they are found to be 0.040 fm^{-3} <= \rho_{t}<= 0.065 fm^{-3} and 0.01 MeV/fm^{3} <= P_{t} <= 0.26 MeV/fm^{3}, respectively, in both the dynamical and thermodynamical approaches. We have further found that the widely used parabolic approximation to the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter gives significantly higher values of core-crust transition density and pressure, especially for stiff symmetry energies. With these newly determined transition density and pressure, we have obtained an improved relation between the mass and radius of neutron stars based on the observed minimum crustal fraction of the total moment of inertia for Vela pulsar.

title: Density matrix expansion for the MDI interaction
abstract: By assuming that the isospinand momentum-dependent MDI interaction has a form similar to the Gogny-like effective two-body interaction with a Yukawa finite-range term and the momentum dependence only originates from the finite-range exchange interaction, we determine its parameters by comparing the predicted potential energy density functional in uniform nuclear matter with what has been usually given and used extensively in transport models for studying isospin effects in intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions as well as in investigating the properties of hot asymmetric nuclear matter and neutron star matter. We then use the density matrix expansion to derive from the resulting finite-range exchange interaction an effective Skyrme-like zero-range interaction with density-dependent parameters. As an application, we study the transition density and pressure at the inner edge of neutron star crusts using the stability conditions derived from the linearized Vlasov equation for the neutron star matter.

title: Triangular flow in heavy ion collisions in a multiphase transport model
abstract: We obtain a new set of parameters in a multiphase transport (AMPT) model that are able to describe both the charged particle multiplicity density and the elliptic flow measured in Au+Au collisions at center-of-mass energy {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, although they still give somewhat softer transverse momentum spectra. We then use the model to predict the triangular flow due to fluctuations in the initial collision geometry and study its effect relative to those from other harmonic components of anisotropic flows on the dihadron azimuthal correlations in both central and midcentral collisions.

title: Nuclear constraints on the inner edge of neutron star crusts
abstract: We show that the widely used parabolic approximation to the Equation of State (EOS) of asymmetric nuclear matter leads systematically to significantly higher core-crust transition densities and pressures. Using an EOS for neutron-rich nuclear matter constrained by the isospin diffusion data from heavy-ion reactions in the same sub-saturation density range as the neutron star crust, the density and pressure at the inner edge separating the liquid core from the solid crust of neutron stars are determined to be 0.040 fm − 3 ≤ ρ t ≤ 0.065 fm − 3 and 0.01 MeV/fm 3 ≤ P t ≤ 0.26 MeV/fm 3 , respectively. Implications of these constraints on the Vela pulsar are discussed.