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Formation of massive stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2011

Maria T. Beltrán
Maria T. Beltrán*
Affiliation:
INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy email: mbeltran@arcetri.astro.it
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The formation of high-mass stars represents a challenge from both a theoretical and an observational point of view. Here, we present an overview of the current status of the observational research on this field, outlining the progress achieved in recent years on our knowledge of the initial phases of massive star formation. The fragmentation of cold, infrared-dark clouds, and the evidence for star formation activity on some of them will be discussed, together with the kinematics of the gas in hot molecular cores, which can give us insights on the mechanism leading to the birth of an OB star.

Keywords

ISM: moleculesstars: formationradio lines: ISM
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S270: Computational Star Formation , May 2010 , pp. 33 - 40
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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