Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-v9fdk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-14T18:04:49.809Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Red MSX Source Survey - Massive Star Formation in the Milky Way

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

Stuart Lumsden ,
Melvin Hoare  and
Ben Davis
Stuart Lumsden
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
Melvin Hoare
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
Ben Davis
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

We present the results of a Galaxy-wide survey for young massive stars still in the process of formation. Our data are consistent with a model in which the stars form through accretion disks with the overall Galactic star formation rate being 3 M⊙ per year.

Keywords

Stars: formationStars: luminosity functionGalaxy: stellar content
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Highlights H15: Highlights of Astronomy , November 2009 , pp. 801
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

References

Lumsden, S. L., Hoare, M. G., Oudmaijer, R. D., & Richards, D. 2002, MNRAS 336, 621CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McKee, C. F. & Tan, J. C. 2003, ApJ 585, 850CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hosokawa, T. & Omukai, K. 2009, ApJ, 691, 823CrossRefGoogle Scholar