Publications

Journals (ADS listing)

  1. "Peculiar galaxies I: A Catalog of Polar-Ring Galaxies from the TNG50 Simulation"
    Josué López-Castillo, Manuel Zamora-Avilés, Gilberto C. Gómez, Ivânio Puerari, Volker Springel, Federico Marinacci, and Divakara Mayya
    2025, MNRAS, submitted

  2. "The GT and GHC models for molecular clouds compared. Differences, similarities, and myths"
    Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Aina Palau, Gilberto C. Gómez, Griselda Arroyo-Chávez, Christian Alig, Javier Ballesteros-Paredes, Vianey Camacho, Alejandro González-Samaniego, and Andreas Burkert
    2024, MNRAS, submitted
    arXiv:2408.10406
    Associated animation:
    Fig. 3 (3.7 MB mpg)

  3. "Gravity or turbulence? VII. The Schmidt-Kennicutt law, the star formation efficiency, and the mass density of clusters from gravitational collapse rather than turbulent support"
    Manuel Zamora-Avilés, Vianey Camacho, Javier Ballesteros-Paredes, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Aina Palau, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, Andrés Hernández-Cruz, Gilberto C. Gómez, Fabián Quesada-Zúñiga, and Raúl Naranjo-Romero
    2024, MNRAS, submitted

  4. "The role of shocks and the velocity gradient in the relative orientation of the magnetic field and dense gas clouds"
    Guido Granda-Muñoz, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, and Gilberto C. Gómez
    2025, A&A, 694, 296
    arXiv:2405.08702
    Associated animations:
    Fig. 2 (3.5 MB)
    Fig. 5 (2.4 MB)
    Fig. 10 (16 MB)

  5. "Gas Dynamics in the Central Molecular Zone and its connection with the Galactic Bar"
    Leonardo Chaves-Velasquez, Gilberto C. Gómez, and Ángeles Pérez-Villegas
    2025, PASA, 42, 14
    arXiv:2411.05684

  6. "ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions − XVII. High-mass star-formation through a large-scale collapse in IRAS 15394−5358"
    Swagat R. Das, Manuel Merello, Leonardo Bronfman, Tie Liu, Guido Garay, Amelia Stutz, Diego Mardones, Jian-Wen Zhou, Patricio Sanhueza, Hong-Li Liu, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Gilberto C. Gómez, Palau Aina, Anandmayee Tej, Feng-Wei Xu, Tapas Baug, Lokesh K. Dewangan, Jinhua He, Lei Zhu, Shanghuo Li, Mika Juvela, Anindya Saha, Namitha Issac, Jihye Hwang, Hafiz Nazeer, and Toth, L. Viktor
    2024, MNRAS, 534, 3832
    arXiv:2409.19204

  7. "Multi-scale accretion in dense cloud cores and the delayed formation of massive stars"
    Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Gilberto C. Gómez, and Alejandro González-Samaniego
    2024, MNRAS, 530, 3445
    arXiv:2306.13846

  8. "The ALMA-QUARKS survey: Detection of two extremely dense substructures in a massive prestellar core"
    Xiaofeng Mai, Tie Liu, Xunchuan Liu, Paul F. Goldsmith, Mika Juvela, Hongli Liu, Emma Mannfors, Anandmayee Tej, Patricio Sanhueza, Shanghuo Li, Fengwei Xu, Enrique Vazquez Semadeni, Guido Garay, Wenyu Jiao, Yaping Peng, T. Baug, Aiyuan Yang, Lokesh Dewangan, Leonardo Bronfman, Gilberto C. Gómez, Aina Palau, Sheng-Li Qin, Ken’ichi Tatematsu, James O. Chibueze, Xing Lu, Qiuyi Luo, Qilao Gu, Namitha Issac, Suinan Zhang, Pak-Shing Li, and Bo Zhang
    2024, ApJL, 961, L35
    arXiv:2401.04322

  9. "The ALMA Survey of Star Formation and Evolution in Massive Protoclusters with Blue Profiles (ASSEMBLE). I. Core Growth, Cluster Contraction, and Primordial Mass Segregation "
    Fengwei Xu, Ke Wang, Tie Liu, Mengyao Tang, Neal J. Evans II, Aina Palau, Kaho Morii, Jinhua He, Patricio Sanhueza, Hong-Li Liu, Amelia Stutz, Qizhou Zhang, Xi Chen, Pak Shing Li, Gilberto C. Gómez, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Shanghuo Li, Xiaofeng Mai, Xing Lu, Meizhu Liu, Li Chen, Chuanshou Li, Hongqiong Shi, Zhiyuan Ren, Di Li, Guido Garay, Leonardo Bronfman, Lokesh Dewangan, Mika Juvela, Chang Won Lee, S. Zhang, Nannan Yue, Chao Wang, Yifei Ge, Wenyu Jiao, Qiuyi Luo, J.-W. Zhou, Ken’ichi, Tatematsu, James O. Chibueze, L. Viktor Toth, Keyun Su, Shenglan Sun, and I. Ristorcelli
    2024, ApJS, 270, 9
    arXiv:2309.14684

  10. "Direct observational evidence of the multi-scale, dynamical mass accretion toward a high-mass star forming hub-filament system"
    Dongting Yang, Hong-Li Liu, Anandmayee Tej, Tie Liu, Patricio Sanhueza, Sheng-Li Qin, Xing Lu, Ke Wang, Sirong Pan, Feng-Wei Xu, Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni, Shanghuo Li, Gilberto C. Gómez, Aina Palau, Guido Garay, Paul F. Goldsmith, Mika Juvela, Anindya Saha, Leonardo Bronfman, Ken’ichi Tatematsu, Lokesh Dewangan, Jianwen Zhou, Yong Zhang, Amelia Stutz, Chakali Eswaraiah, L. Viktor Toth, Isabelle Ristorcelli, Xianjin Shen, and Anxun Luo
    2023, ApJ, 953, 40
    arXiv:2306.10332

  11. "ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions - XV. Steady Accretion from Global Collapse to Core Feeding in Massive Hub-filament System SDC335"
    Feng-Wei Xu, Ke Wang, Tie Liu, Paul F. Goldsmith, Qizhou Zhang, Mika Juvela, Hong-Li Liu, Sheng-Li Qin, Guang-Xing Li, Anandmayee Tej, Guido Garay, Leonardo Bronfman, Shanghuo Li, Yue-Fang Wu, Gilberto C. Gómez, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Ken’ichi Tatematsu, Zhiyuan Ren, Yong Zhang, L. Viktor Toth, Xunchuan Liu, Nannan Yue, Siju Zhang, Tapas Baug, Namitha Issac, Amelia M. Stutz, Meizhu Liu, Gary A. Fuller, Mengyao Tang, Chao Zhang, Lokesh Dewangan, Chang Won Lee, Jianwen Zhou, Jinjin Xie, Wenyu Jiao, Chao Wang, Rong Liu, Qiuyi Luo, Archana Soam, and Chakali Eswaraiah
    2023, MNRAS, 520, 3259
    arXiv:2301.01895

  12. "ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions - XI From inflow to infall in hub-filament systems"
    Jian-Wen Zhou, Tie Liu, Neal J. Evans II, Guido Garay, Paul F. Goldsmith, Gilberto C. Gómez, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Hong-Li Liu, Amelia M. Stutz, Ke Wang, Mika Juvela, Jinhua He, Di Li, Leonardo Bronfman, Xunchuan Liu, Feng-Wei Xu, Anandmayee Tej, L. K. Dewangan, Shanghuo Li, Siju Zhang, Chao Zhang, Zhiyuan Ren, Ken’ichi Tatematsu, Pak Shing Li, Chang Won Lee, Tapas Baug, Sheng-Li Qin, Yuefang Wu, Yaping Peng, Yong Zhang, Rong Liu, Qiu-Yi Luo, Jixing Ge, Anindya Saha, Eswaraiah Chakali, Qizhou Zhang, Kee-Tae Kim, Isabelle Ristorcelli, Zhi-Qiang Shen, Jin-Zeng Li
    2022, MNRAS, 514, 6038
    arXiv:2206.08505

  13. "Different molecular filament widths as tracers of accretion onto filaments"
    Gilberto C. Gómez, Catherine Walsh, and Aina Palau
    2022, MNRAS, 513, 1244
    arXiv:2108.05808

  14. "A resolution criterion based on characteristic timescales for MHD simulations of molecular clouds"
    Guido Granda-Muñoz, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Gilberto C. Gómez, and Manuel Zamora-Avilés
    2022, MNRAS, 510, 5062
    arXiv:2110.13281

  15. "Density profile evolution during prestellar core collapse: Collapse starts at the large scale"
    Gilberto C. Gómez, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, and Aina Palau
    2021, MNRAS, 502, 4963
    arXiv:2009.14151

  16. "Dynamical cloud formation traced by atomic and molecular gas"
    H. Beuther, Y. Wang, J. Soler, H. Linz , J. Henshaw, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, G. Gómez, S. Ragan, Th. Henning, S.C.O. Glover, M.-Y. Lee, and R. Güsten
    2020, A&A, 638, 44

  17. "Magnetic field structure in simulations of ram pressure stripped galaxies"
    Mariana Ramos-Martínez and Gilberto C. Gómez
    2019, submitted to MNRAS

  18. "Global Hierarchical Collapse In Molecular Clouds. Towards a Comprehensive Scenario"
    Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Aina Palau, Javier Ballesteros-Paredes, Gilberto C. Gómez, and Manuel Zamora-Avilés
    2019, MNRAS, 490, 3061
    arXiv:1903.11247

  19. "The magnetic field structure in molecular cloud filaments"
    Gilberto C. Gómez, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, and Manuel Zamora-Avilés
    2018, MNRAS, 480, 2939
    arXiv:1801.03169

  20. "MHD simulations of ram pressure stripping of a disk galaxy"
    Mariana Ramos-Martínez, Gilberto C. Gómez, and Ángeles Pérez-Villegas
    2018, MNRAS, 476, 3781

  21. "Energy Budget of Forming Clumps in Numerical Simulations of Collapsing Clouds"
    Vianey Camacho, Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni, Javier Ballesteros-Paredes, Gilberto C. Gómez, S. Michael Fall, and M. Dolores Mata-Chávez
    2016, ApJ, 833, 113

  22. "The Galactic Branches as a Possible Evidence for Transient Spiral Arms"
    A. Pérez-Villegas, G. C. Gómez, and B. Pichardo
    2015, MNRAS, 451, 2922

  23. "Inverse Hubble Flows in Molecular Clouds"
    J. A. Toalá, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, P. Colín, and G. C. Gómez
    2015, MNRAS, 446, 3725

  24. "Analysis of the spiral structure in a simulated galaxy"
    M. Mata-Chávez, G. C. Gómez and I. Puerari
    2014, MNRAS, 444, 3756
    Associated animation:
    Gas density evolution (11 MB avi)

  25. "Filaments in Simulations of Molecular Cloud Formation"
    G. C. Gómez and E. Vázquez-Semadeni
    2014, ApJ, 791, 124
    Associated animations:
    Fig. 3d (6.3 MB mpeg)
    Fig. 3e (2.3 MB mpeg)
    Fig. 3f (0.7 MB mpeg)

  26. "Molecular Cloud Evolution V: Cloud Destruction by Stellar Feedback"
    P. Colín, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, and G. C. Gómez
    2013, MNRAS, 435, 1701

  27. "Comparing Gaseous and Stellar Orbits in a Spiral Potential"
    G. C. Gómez, B. Pichardo, and M. A. Martos,
    2013, MNRAS, 430, 3010

  28. "Aspect Ratio Dependence of the Free-Fall Time for Non-Spherical Symmetries"
    A. Pon, J. A. Toalá, D. Johnstone, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, F. Heitch, and G. C. Gómez,
    2012, ApJ, 756, 145

  29. "The free-fall time of finite sheets and filaments"
    J. A. Toalá, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, and G. C. Gómez,
    2012, ApJ, 744, 190

  30. "Molecular Cloud Evolution IV: Magnetic Fields, Ambipolar Diffusion, and the Star Formation Efficiency"
    E. Vázquez-Semadeni, R. Banerjee, G. C. Gómez, P. Hennebelle, D. Duffin, and R. S. Klessen
    2011, MNRAS, 414, 2511

  31. "Competitive Accretion in Sheet Geometry and the Stellar IMF"
    W.-H. Hsu, L. Hartmann, F. Heitsch, and G. C. Gómez
    2010, ApJ, 721, 1531

  32. "Dependence of the Star Formation Efficiency on the Parameters of Molecular Cloud Formation Simulations"
    Y. Rosas-Guevara, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, G. C. Gómez, and A. K. Jappsen
    2010, MNRAS, 406, 1875

  33. "Molecular Cloud Evolution III: Accretion vs. Stellar Feedback"
    E. Vázquez-Semadeni, P. Colín, G. C. Gómez, and A. W. Watson
    2010, ApJ, 715, 1302
    Associated animations:
    Fig. 2 (3.2 MB mpeg)
    Fig. 3 (1.8 MB mpeg)
    Fig. 4a (2.1 MB mpeg)
    Fig. 4b (2.1 MB mpeg)

  34. "Revisiting 2D Numerical Models for the 19th. Century Outbursts of Eta Carinae"
    R. F. González, A. M. Villa, G. C. Gómez, E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, A. C. Raga, J. Cantó, P. F. Velázquez, and E. de la Fuente 2010, MNRAS, 402, 1141

  35. "Effects of Non-circular Motions on Azimuthal Color Gradients"
    E. E. Martínez-García, R. A. González-Lópezlira, and G. C. Gómez
    2009, ApJ, 707, 1650

  36. "High- and Low-Mass Star Forming Regions from Hierarchical Gravitational Fragmentation"
    E. Vázquez-Semadeni, G. C. Gómez, A. K. Jappsen, J. Ballesteros-Paredes, and R. S. Klessen 2009, ApJ, 707, 1023
    Associated animations: Fig. 1 (6.8 MB mpeg) Fig. 2a (482 kB mpeg) Fig. 2b (583 kB mpeg)

  37. "Tidal Forces as a Regulator of Star Formation in Taurus"
    J. Ballesteros-Paredes, G. C. Gómez, L. Loinard, R. M. Torres, and B. Pichardo 2009, MNRAS, 395, L81

  38. "On the Gravitational Content of Molecular Clouds and their Cores"
    J. Ballesteros-Paredes, G. C. Gómez, B. Pichardo, and E. Vázquez-Semadeni 2009, MNRAS, 393, 1563

  39. "Formation and Collapse of Quiescent Cloud Cores Induced by Dynamic Compressions"
    G. C. Gómez, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, M. Shadmehri, and J. Ballesteros-Paredes 2007, ApJ, 669, 1042
    Associated animations: Fig. 2 (1.4 MB mpeg) Fig. 3 (532 kB mpeg)

  40. "Molecular cloud evolution II: From cloud formation to the early stages of star formation in decaying conditions"
    E. Vázquez-Semadeni, G. C. Gómez, A.-K. Jappsen, J. Ballesteros-Paredes, R. F. González, and R. S. Klessen 2007, ApJ, 657, 870

  41. "Errors in kinematic distances and our image of the Milky Way Galaxy"
    G. C. Gómez 2006, AJ, 132, 2376
    Associated program: kin_dist.tar.gz (300 kB gzipped tarfile)

  42. "The effect of the Coriolis force on Kelvin-Helmholtz-driven mixing in protoplanetary disks."
    G. C. Gómez and E. C. Ostriker 2005, ApJ, 630, 1093

  43. "3D MHD Modeling of the Gaseous Structure of the Galaxy: Synthetic Observations"
    G. C. Gómez and D. P. Cox 2004, ApJ, 615, 758

  44. "3D MHD Modeling of the Gaseous Structure of the Galaxy: Description of the Simulations"
    G. C. Gómez and D. P. Cox 2004, ApJ, 615, 744

  45. "3D MHD Modeling of the Gaseous Structure of the Galaxy: Setup and Initial Results"
    G. C. Gómez and D. P. Cox 2002, ApJ, 580, 235

  46. "Analytical Expressions for Spiral Arm Gravitational Potential and Density"
    D. P. Cox and G. C. Gómez 2002, ApJS, 142, 261

  47. "A Re-Examination of the Distribution of Galactic Free Electrons"
    G. C. Gómez, R. A. Benjamin, and D. P. Cox 2001, AJ, 122, 908
    Associated programs: sech^2(x) and exp(-x) models.

Conferences

  1. "Comparing Gaseous and Stellar Orbits in a Spiral Potential"
    G. C. Gómez, B. Pichardo and M. A. Martos to be published in the proceedings of the conference "Structure and dynamics of disk galaxies" held in Petit Jean Mountain, USA, in August 2013

  2. "Errors in rotation curves and kinematic distances"
    G. C. Gómez, to be published in the proceedings of the conference "The Dynamic ISM: a celebration of the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey", ASPC, vol. 438, 2010

  3. "Synthetic observations of rotation curves and the properties of disk galaxies"
    G. C. Gómez, A. Manríquez and I. Fuentes-Carrera, published in the proceedings of the conference "Isolated Galaxies: Exploring Nature vs. Nurture," ASPC, vol. 421, 2010

  4. "Gas orbits in a spiral potential"
    G. C. Gómez and M. A. Martos, published in the proceedings of the conference "Chaos in Astronomy 2007," ASSP, Springer 2009

  5. "3D MHD Modeling of the Galaxy" (974kB gzipped postscript)
    G. C. Gómez and D. P. Cox, published in the proceedings of the conference "How does the Galaxy work? A galactic tertulia with Don Cox and Ron Reynolds," ASSL, vol. 315, 2004

  6. "A Fake Galactic Survey"
    G. C. Gómez and D. P. Cox, published in the proceedings of the conference "Milky Way Surveys: The Structure and Evolution of our Galaxy," ASPC, vol. 317, 2004

  7. "3D MHD Modeling of the Gaseous Structure of the Galaxy"
    G. C. Gómez and D. P. Cox, to be published in the proceedings of the conference "From Observations to Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM in Galaxies," held in September 2002 in Porto, Portugal.

  8. "3D Modeling of the Gaseous Structure of the Galaxy" (600k gzipped postscript)
    G. C. Gómez and D. P. Cox, published in the proceedings of the conference "Disks of Galaxies: Kinematics, Dynamics and Perturbations," ASP Conference Series, vol. 275, 2002

  9. "A model for the galactic free electrons distribution" (42k gzipped postscript)
    G. C. Gómez, R. A. Benjamin, and D. P. Cox, published in the proceedings of the conference "Ionized Gaseous Nebulae," in the Conference Series of the Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, vol. 12, 2002