J/A+A/662/A9ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/662/A9doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36620009CDSGinsburg A.Csengeri T.Galvan-Madrid R.Cunningham N.,Alvarez-Gutierrez R.H.Baug T.Bonfand M.Bontemps S.Busquet G.,Diaz-Gonzalez D.J.Fernandez-Lopez M.Guzman A.Herpin F.Liu H.,Lopez-Sepulcre A.Louvet F.Maud L.Motte F.Nakamura F.Nony T.,Olguin F.A.Pouteau Y.Sanhueza P.Stutz A.M.Towner A.P.M.(The ALMA-IMF Consortium)Armante M.Battersby C.Bronfman L.Braine J.Brouillet N.,Chapillon E.Di Francesco J.Gusdorf A.Izumi N.Joncour I.,Walker Lu X.Men'shchikov A.Menten K.M.Moraux E.Molet J.Mundy L.,Nguyen Luong Q.Reyes-Reyes S.D.Robitaille J.Rosolowsky E.,Sandoval-Garrido N.A.Svoboda B.Tatematsu K.Walker D.L.Whitworth A.,Wu B.Wyrowski F.2026-04-02T20:02:44Z2022-05-31T12:45:13ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

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