Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Context.While low mass clouds have been relatively well studied, our picture of high-mass star formation remains unclear. Infrared Dark Clouds appear to be the long sought population of cold and dense aggregations with the potential of harbouring the earliest stages of massive star formation. Up to now there has been no systematic study on the temperature distribution, velocity fields, chemical and physical state toward this new cloud population.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Authors: T. Pillai, F. Wyrowski, S. J. Carey, K. M. Menten
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, California Institute of Technology, International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, International Max Planck Research School for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
OpenAlex ID: W2136299244