Jonathan Tan

Full Professor at Space, Earth and Environment

Jonathan Tan is employed as Professor in the unit Galactic Astronomy, at the Division of Astronomy and Plasma Physics.
Tan is a theoretical astrophysicist, with a broad range of research interests in galaxy, star and planet formation. He is leading the new Chalmers Initiative on Cosmic Origins (CICO), see link below.

Jonathan Tan received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 2001. He was a Lyman-Spitzer Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at Princeton Univ. from 2001-2004, a Zwicky Postdoctoral Fellow at ETH Zurich from 2004-2005 and an Asst./Assoc. Prof. at Univ. of Florida from 2005-2017.

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2024

The role of turbulence in high-mass star formation: Subsonic and transonic turbulence are ubiquitously found at early stages

Chao Wang, Ke Wang, Feng Wei Xu et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 681
Journal article
2024

Near-infrared observations of outflows and young stellar objects in the massive star-forming region AFGL 5180

S. Crowe, R. Fedriani, Jonathan Tan et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 682
Journal article
2024

Astrochemical Diagnostics of the Isolated Massive Protostar G28.20-0.05

Prasanta Gorai, Chi Yan Law, Jonathan Tan et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 960 (2)
Journal article
2024

Disk Wind Feedback from High-mass Protostars. III. Synthetic CO Line Emission

Duo Xu, Jonathan Tan, Jan Staff et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 966 (1)
Journal article
2024

Carbon-chain chemistry in the interstellar medium

Kotomi Taniguchi, Prasanta Gorai, Jonathan Tan
Astrophysics and Space Science. Vol. 369 (4)
Review article
2024

Disk Wind Feedback from High-mass Protostars. IV. Shock-ionized Jets

Emiko C. Gardiner, Jonathan Tan, Jan Staff et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 967 (2)
Journal article
2024

Polarized Light from Massive Protoclusters (POLIMAP). I. Dissecting the Role of Magnetic Fields in the Massive Infrared Dark Cloud G28.37+0.07

Chi Yan Law, Jonathan Tan, R. Skalidis et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 967 (2)
Journal article
2024

Glimmers in the Cosmic Dawn: A Census of the Youngest Supermassive Black Holes by Photometric Variability

Matthew J. Hayes, Jonathan Tan, R. S. Ellis et al
Astrophysical Journal Letters. Vol. 971 (1)
Journal article
2024

An HST Study of the Substellar Population of NGC 2024

Massimo Robberto, Mario Gennaro, Nicola Da Rio et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 960 (1)
Journal article
2023

The sharpest view on the high-mass star-forming region S255IR: Near infrared adaptive optics imaging of the outbursting source NIRS3

Rubén Fedriani, A. Caratti o. Garatti, R. Cesaroni et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 676
Journal article
2023

The SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey. IV. Isolated Protostars

Rubén Fedriani, Jonathan Tan, Zoie Telkamp et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 942 (1)
Journal article
2023

Star cluster formation from turbulent clumps – III. Across the mass spectrum

Juan Pablo Farias Osses, Jonathan Tan
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 523 (2), p. 2083-2110
Journal article
2023

GMC collisions as triggers of star formation – VIII. The core mass function

Chia-Jung Hsu, Jonathan Tan, Duncan Christie et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 522 (1), p. 700-720
Journal article
2023

What Sets the Star Formation Rate of Molecular Clouds? The Density Distribution as a Fingerprint of Compression and Expansion Rates

Sabrina M. Appel, Blakesley Burkhart, Vadim A. Semenov et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 954 (1)
Journal article
2023

On the Lifetime of Molecular Clouds with the “Tuning-fork” Analysis

Jin Koda, Jonathan Tan
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 959 (1)
Journal article
2023

Spitzer thermal phase curve of WASP-121 b

Giuseppe Morello, Q. Changeat, A. Dyrek et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 676
Journal article
2023

Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models to Predict the Density of Molecular Clouds

Duo Xu, Jonathan Tan, Chia-Jung Hsu et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 950 (2)
Journal article
2023

Deuterium fractionation across the infrared-dark cloud G034.77-00.55 interacting with the supernova remnant W44

Giuliana Cosentino, Jonathan Tan, I. Jimenez-Serra et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 675
Journal article
2023

Disk Wind Feedback from High-mass Protostars. II. The Evolutionary Sequence

Jan Staff, Kei E.I. Tanaka, Jon P Ramsey et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 947 (1)
Journal article
2023

Mother of dragons: A massive, quiescent core in the dragon cloud (IRDC G028.37+00.07)

Ashley T. Barnes, Junhao Liu, Q. Zhang et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 675
Journal article
2023

Application of Convolutional Neural Networks to Predict Magnetic Fields’ Directions in Turbulent Clouds

Duo Xu, Chi Yan Law, Jonathan Tan
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 942 (2)
Journal article
2023

Chemical Differentiation around Five Massive Protostars Revealed by ALMA: Carbon-chain Species and Oxygen/Nitrogen-bearing Complex Organic Molecules

Kotomi Taniguchi, Liton Majumdar, Paola Caselli et al
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. Vol. 267 (1)
Journal article
2023

The formation of supermassive black holes from Population III.1 seeds. II. Evolution to the local universe

Jasbir Singh, Pierluigi Monaco, Jonathan Tan
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 525 (1), p. 969-982
Journal article
2022

Negative and positive feedback from a supernova remnant with SHREC. a detailed study of the shocked gas in IC443

Giuliana Cosentino, I Jimenez-Serra, Jonathan Tan et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 511 (1), p. 953-963
Journal article
2022

Massive Protostars in a Protocluster—A Multi-scale ALMA View of G35.20-0.74N

Yichen Zhang, Kei E.I. Tanaka, Jonathan Tan et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 936 (1)
Journal article
2022

A Census of Outflow to Magnetic Field Orientations in Nearby Molecular Clouds

Duo Xu, S. Offner, Robert Gutermuth et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 941 (1)
Journal article
2022

Isolated Massive Star Formation in G28.20-0.05

Chi Yan Law, Jonathan Tan, Prasanta Gorai et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 939 (2)
Journal article
2022

Astrochemical modelling of infrared dark clouds

N. Entekhabi, Jonathan Tan, Giuliana Cosentino et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 662
Journal article
2022

Inside-out planet formation - VII. Astrochemical models of protoplanetary discs and implications for planetary compositions

Arturo Cevallos Soto, Jonathan Tan, Xiao Hu et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 517 (2), p. 2285-2308
Journal article
2022

MRI-active inner regions of protoplanetary discs - II. Dependence on dust, disc, and stellar parameters

Marija R. Jankovic, Subhanjoy Mohanty, James E. Owen et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 509 (4), p. 5974-5991
Journal article
2022

NIR jets from a clustered region of massive star formation: Morphology and composition in the IRAS 18264-1152 region

A. R. Costa Silva, Rubén Fedriani, Jonathan Tan et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 659
Journal article
2022

The Disk Population in a Distant Massive Protocluster

Yu Cheng, Jonathan Tan, Rubén Fedriani et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 940 (2)
Journal article
2022

Inside-out planet formation: VI. oligarchic coagulation of planetesimals from a pebble ring?

Maxwell X. Cai, Jonathan Tan, Simon Portegies Zwart
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 510 (4), p. 5486-5499
Journal article
2022

Vibrationally Excited Lines of HC3N Associated with the Molecular Disk around the G24.78+0.08 A1 Hypercompact H ii Region

Kotomi Taniguchi, Kei E.I. Tanaka, Yichen Zhang et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 931 (2)
Journal article
2021

The Core Mass Function across Galactic Environments. III. Massive Protoclusters

Theo J. O'Neill, Giuliana Cosentino, Jonathan Tan et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 916 (1)
Journal article
2021

Carbon Chain Chemistry in Hot-core Regions around Three Massive Young Stellar Objects Associated with 6.7 GHz Methanol Masers

KotomiFF Taniguchi, Eric Herbst, Liton Majumdar et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 908 (1)
Journal article
2021

Is There Any Linkage between Interstellar Aldehyde and Alcohol?

Suman Kumar Mondal, Prasanta Gorai, Milan Sil et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 922 (2)
Journal article
2021

Deuterium Chemodynamics of Massive Pre-Stellar Cores

Chia-Jung Hsu, Jonathan Tan, Matthew Goodson et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 502 (1), p. 1104-1127
Journal article
2021

The Hi-GAL compact source catalogue - II. The 360° catalogue of clump physical properties

Davide Elia, M. Merello, S. Molinari et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 504 (2), p. 2742-2766
Journal article
2021

Star cluster formation in Orion A

Wanggi Lim, Fumitaka Nakamura, Benjamin Wu et al
Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Vol. 73, p. S239-S255
Journal article
2021

MRI-active inner regions of protoplanetary discs. I. A detailed model of disc structure

Marija R. Jankovic, James E. Owen, Subhanjoy Mohanty et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 504 (1), p. 280-299
Journal article
2021

Star Formation in a Strongly Magnetized Cloud

Yu Cheng, Jonathan Tan, Paola Caselli et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 916 (2)
Journal article
2021

Photodissociation region diagnostics across galactic environments

Thomas G. Bisbas, Jonathan Tan, Tanaka
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 502 (2), p. 2701-2732
Journal article
2021

ALMA-IRDC: dense gas mass distribution from cloud to core scales

A. T. Barnes, J. D. Henshaw, F. Fontani et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 503 (3), p. 4601-4626
Journal article
2021

ALMA-IRDC - II. First high-angular resolution measurements of the N-14/N-15 ratio in a large sample of infrared-dark cloud cores

F. Fontani, A. T. Barnes, P. Caselli et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 503 (3), p. 4320-4335
Journal article
2021

SiO Outflows as Tracers of Massive Star Formation in Infrared Dark Clouds

Mengyao Liu, Jonathan Tan, Joshua Marvil et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 921 (1)
Journal article
2020

HST Survey of the Orion Nebula Cluster in the H2O 1.4 μm Absorption Band. I. A Census of Substellar and Planetary-mass Objects

Massimo Robberto, Mario Gennaro, Maria Giulia Ubeira Gabellini et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 896 (1)
Journal article
2020

Hunting for Runaways from the Orion Nebula Cluster

Juan Pablo Farias Osses, Jonathan Tan, Laurent Eyer
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 900 (1)
Journal article
2020

GMC Collisions as Triggers of Star Formation. VII. The Effect of Magnetic Field Strength on Star Formation

Benjamin Wu, Jonathan Tan, Duncan Christie et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 891 (2)
Journal article
2020

Salt, Hot Water, and Silicon Compounds Tracing Massive Twin Disks

Kei E. I. Tanaka, Yichen Zhang, Tomoya Hirota et al
Astrophysical Journal Letters. Vol. 900 (1)
Journal article
2020

Stellar Variability in a Forming Massive Star Cluster

Yu Cheng, Morten Andersen, Jonathan Tan
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 897 (1)
Journal article
2020

The High-mass Protostellar Population of a Massive Infrared Dark Cloud

Emily Moser, Mengyao Liu, Jonathan Tan et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 897 (2)
Journal article
2020

The SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey. III. From Intermediate- to High-mass Protostars

Mengyao Liu, Jonathan Tan, James M. De Buizer et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 904 (1)
Journal article
2020

Gas Kinematics of the Massive Protocluster G286.21+0.17 Revealed by ALMA

Yu Cheng, Jonathan Tan, Mengyao Liu et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 894 (2)
Journal article
2020

SiO emission as a probe of cloud-cloud collisions in infrared dark clouds

Giuliana Cosentino, I Jimenez-Serra, J. D. Henshaw et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 499 (2), p. 1666-1681
Journal article
2020

An X-Ray View of Two Infrared Dark Clouds G034.43+00.24 and G035.39-00.33

Hanbo Yu, Junfeng Wang, Jonathan Tan
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 905 (1)
Journal article
2019

Disk Wind Feedback from High-mass Protostars

Jan E. Staff, Kei E.I. Tanaka, Jonathan Tan
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 882 (2)
Journal article
2019

Dynamics of a massive binary at birth

Yichen Zhang, Jonathan Tan, Tanaka et al
Nature Astronomy. Vol. 3 (6), p. 517-523
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2019

Star cluster formation from turbulent clumps. II. Gradual star cluster formation

Juan Pablo Farias Osses, Jonathan Tan, Sourav Chatterjee
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 483 (4), p. 4999-5019
Journal article
2019

The SOMA Radio Survey. I. Comprehensive SEDs of High-mass Protostars from Infrared to Radio and the Emergence of Ionization Feedback

Viviana Rosero, Kei E.I. Tanaka, Jonathan Tan et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 873 (1)
Review article
2019

Measuring the ionisation fraction in a jet from a massive protostar

R. Fedriani, A. Caratti o. Garatti, S. J.D. Purser et al
Nature Communications. Vol. 10 (1)
Journal article
2019

The SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey. II. High Luminosity Protostars

Mengyao Liu, Jonathan Tan, James M. De Buizer et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 874 (1)
Review article
2019

Interstellar Plunging Waves: ALMA Resolves the Physical Structure of Nonstationary MHD Shocks

Giuliana Cosentino, Izaskun Jimenez-Serra, Paola Caselli et al
Astrophysical Journal Letters. Vol. 881 (2)
Journal article
2019

Discovery of a Photoionized Bipolar Outflow toward the Massive Protostar G45.47+0.05

Yichen Zhang, Kei E.I. Tanaka, Viviana Rosero et al
Astrophysical Journal Letters. Vol. 886 (1)
Journal article
2019

An Ordered Envelope-Disk Transition in the Massive Protostellar Source G339.88-1.26

Yichen Zhang, Jonathan Tan, N. Sakai et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 873 (1)
Journal article
2019

Widespread Molecular Outflows in the Infrared Dark Cloud G28.37+0.07: Indications of Orthogonal Outflow-filament Alignment

Shuo Kong, Hector G. Arce, Maria Jose Maureira et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 874 (1)
Journal article
2019

The formation of supermassive black holes from Population III.1 seeds. I. Cosmic formation histories and clustering properties

Nilanjan Banik, Jonathan Tan, Pierluigi Monaco
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. 483 (3), p. 3592-3606
Journal article
2019

Multiple Feedback in Low-Metallicity Massive Star Formation

Kei E. I. Tanaka, Jonathan Tan, Yichen Zhang et al
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Vol. 14 (S344), p. 190-194
Paper in proceeding
2018

IN-SYNC. VIII. Primordial Disk Frequencies in NGC 1333, IC 348, and the Orion A Molecular Cloud

Yuhan Yao, Michael R. Meyer, Kevin R. Covey et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 869 (1)
Journal article
2018

Fragmentation properties of massive protocluster gas clumps: an ALMA study

F. Fontani, B. Commercon, A. Giannetti et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 615
Journal article
2018

The Impact of Feedback in Massive Star Formation. II. Lower Star Formation Efficiency at Lower Metallicity

Kei E.I. Tanaka, Jonathan Tan, Yichen Zhang et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 861 (1)
Journal article
2018

Zooming in to Massive Star Birth

Shuo Kong, Jonathan Tan, P. Caselli et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 867 (2)
Journal article
2018

High Spectral Resolution Observations toward Orion BN at 6 μm: No Evidence for Hot Water

Nick Indriolo, Jonathan Tan, A. C. A. Boogert et al
Astrophysical Journal Letters. Vol. 865 (2)
Journal article
2018

The Core Mass Function across Galactic Environments. II. Infrared Dark Cloud Clumps

Mengyao Liu, Jonathan Tan, Yu Cheng et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 862 (2)
Journal article
2018

On the formation of runaway stars BN and x in the Orion Nebula Cluster

Juan Pablo Farias Osses, Jonathan Tan
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 612
Journal article
2018

The inception of star cluster formation revealed by [C ii] emission around an Infrared Dark Cloud

T. G. Bisbas, Jonathan Tan, T. Csengeri et al
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. Vol. 478 (1), p. L54-L59
Journal article
2018

Core Emergence in a Massive Infrared Dark Cloud: A Comparison between Mid-IR Extinction and 1.3 mm Emission

Shuo Kong, Jonathan Tan, Héctor G. Arce et al
Astrophysical Journal Letters. Vol. 855 (2)
Journal article
2018

The Core Mass Function in the Massive Protocluster G286.21+0.17 Revealed by ALMA

Yu Cheng, Jonathan Tan, Mengyao Liu et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 853 (2)
Journal article
2017

IN-SYNC. VII. Evidence for a Decreasing Spectroscopic Binary Fraction (from 1 to 100 Myr) within the IN-SYNC Sample

K. Jaehnig, J.C. Bird, K.G. Stassun et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 851 (1), p. 14-31
Journal article
2017

GMC Collisions as Triggers of Star Formation. V. Observational Signatures

T.G. Bisbas, K.E.I. Tanaka, Jonathan Tan et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 850 (1), p. 23-32
Journal article
2017

Outflow-confined H II Regions. II. The Early Break-out Phase

K.E.I. Tanaka, Jonathan Tan, J.E. Staff et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 849 (2), p. 133-141
Journal article
2017

GMC Collisions as Triggers of Star Formation. IV. the Role of Ambipolar Diffusion

D. Christie, B. Wu, Jonathan Tan
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 848 (1), p. 50-63
Journal article
2017

Fire from Ice - Massive Star Birth from Infrared Dark Clouds

Jonathan Tan
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Vol. 13 (S332), p. 139-152
Paper in proceeding
2017

The Stellar Content of the Infalling Molecular Clump G286.21+0.17

M. Andersen, P.J. Barnes, Jonathan Tan et al
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 850 (1), p. 12-19
Journal article
2017

Star Cluster Formation from Turbulent Clumps. I. The Fast Formation Limit

Juan Pablo Farias Osses, Jonathan Tan, Sourav Chatterjee
Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 838 (2)
Journal article
2017

Temperature structure and kinematics of the IRDC G035.39-00.33

V. Sokolov, K. Wang, J.E. Pineda et al
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 606
Journal article

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2020–2021

Help a Scientist - subproject 2020 Starhunt

Jonathan Tan Galactic Astrophysics
Pernilla Wittung Stafshede Chemical Biology
Rubén Fedriani Galactic Astrophysics
Giuliana Cosentino Galactic Astrophysics
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)

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