Dr Rowan Smith

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+44 (0)1334 46 3810

Email

rjs22@st-andrews.ac.uk

PhD supervision

• Zoe Faes

Selected publications

• Open access

  A bottleneck for star formation: the importance of magnetic fields during the formation of cold gas in galaxies

  McGuiness, R., Smith, R. J. & Whitworth, D., 1 Feb 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 546, 2, 14 p., stag099.

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• Open access

  How is cold, star-forming gas in galaxies affected by magnetic fields?

  Bogue, K. R. J., Smith, R. J., Treß, R. G., Low, M.-M. M., Whitworth, D. J., Klessen, R. S., Brucy, N., Girichidis, P., Glover, S. C. O., Göller, J., Soler, J. D. & Traficante, A., 1 Jan 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 545, 3, 17 p., staf2132.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Transient protostellar cores in high mass star forming regions revealed by time-resolved synthetic imaging of dust emission

  Peñaloza, C. H., Smith, R. J., Cyganowski, C. J., Williams, G. M., Logue, M. C., Hunter, T. R. & Feng, J., 1 Jan 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 543, 3, 20 p., staf2168.

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• Open access

  3D CMZ. I. Central Molecular Zone overview

  Battersby, C., Walker, D. L., Barnes, A., Ginsburg, A., Lipman, D., Alboslani, D., Hatchfield, H. P., Bally, J., Glover, S. C. O., Henshaw, J. D., Immer, K., Klessen, R. S., Longmore, S. N., Mills, E. A. C., Molinari, S., Smith, R., Sormani, M. C., Tress, R. G. & Zhang, Q., 10 May 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 984, 2, 16 p., 156.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 3D CMZ. II. Hierarchical Structure Analysis of the Central Molecular Zone

  Battersby, C., Walker, D. L., Barnes, A., Ginsburg, A., Lipman, D., Alboslani, D., Hatchfield, H. P., Bally, J., Glover, S. C. O., Henshaw, J. D., Immer, K., Klessen, R. S., Longmore, S. N., Mills, E. A. C., Molinari, S., Smith, R., Sormani, M. C., Tress, R. G. & Zhang, Q., 9 May 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 984, 2, 157.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 3D CMZ. III. Constraining the 3D Structure of the Central Molecular Zone via Molecular Line Emission and Absorption

  Walker, D. L., Battersby, C., Lipman, D., Sormani, M. C., Ginsburg, A., Glover, S. C. O., Henshaw, J. D., Longmore, S. N., Klessen, R. S., Immer, K., Alboslani, D., Bally, J., Barnes, A., Hatchfield, H. P., Mills, E. A. C., Smith, R., Tress, R. G. & Zhang, Q., 9 May 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 984, 2, 158.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 3D CMZ. IV. Distinguishing Near versus Far Distances in the Galactic Center Using Spitzer and Herschel

  Lipman, D., Battersby, C., Walker, D. L., Sormani, M. C., Bally, J., Barnes, A., Ginsburg, A., Glover, S. C. O., Henshaw, J. D., Hatchfield, H. P., Immer, K., Klessen, R. S., Longmore, S. N., Mills, E. A. C., Smith, R., Tress, R. G., Alboslani, D. & Zhang, Q., 9 May 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 984, 2, 159.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  CO isotopologue-derived molecular gas conditions and CO-to-H₂ conversion factors in M51

  den Brok, J., Jiménez-Donaire, M. J., Leroy, A., Schinnerer, E., Bigiel, F., Pety, J., Petitpas, G., Usero, A., Teng, Y.-H., Humire, P., Koch, E. W., Rosolowsky, E., Sandstrom, K., Liu, D., Zhang, Q., Stuber, S., Chevance, M., Dale, D. A., Eibensteiner, C. & Galić, I. & 7 others, Glover, S. C. O., Pan, H.-A., Querejeta, M., Smith, R. J., Williams, T. G., Wilner, D. J. & Zhang, V., Jan 2025, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 169, 1, 26 p., 18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Do stars still form in molecular gas within CO-dark dwarf galaxies?

  Whitworth, D. J., Smith, R. J., Glover, S. C. O., Tress, R., Watkins, E. J., Feng, J.-C., Brucy, N., Klessen, R. S. & Clark, P. C., 1 Jan 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536, 3, p. 2936-2955 20 p.

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• Open access

  Emergence of high-mass stars in complex fiber networks (EMERGE) V. from filaments to spheroids: the origin of the hub-filament systems

  Hacar, A., Konietzka, R., Seifried, D., Clark, S. E., Socci, A., Bonanomi, F., Burkert, A., Schisano, E., Kainulainen, J. & Smith, R., 4 Feb 2025, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 694, 17 p., A69.

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