Observations of warm dust near methanol masers
Walsh, A.J., Macdonald, G.H., Alvey, N.D.S., Burton, M.G., and Lee, J.-K. (2003) Observations of warm dust near methanol masers. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 410 (2). pp. 597-610.
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Abstract
Continuum emission at 450 and 850 mu m from warm dust has been mapped in the fields of 71 methanol masers. Within these fields lie 30 centimetre-wave radio continuum sources and an additional 13 methanol maser sites. Sub-mm emission is detected at all but one of the maser sites, confirming the association of methanol maser emission with deeply embedded objects. Measured bolometric luminosities confirm that methanol maser emission is an excellent signpost of high-mass star formation. Examples of nearby isolated maserless dust cores may be harbouring massive protostars at an earlier evolutionary stage.
| Item ID: | 9055 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1432-0746 |
| Keywords: | stars; formation – ISM; dust; extinction – submillimeter – infrared; ISM |
| Additional Information: | Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics. © ESO |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2010 23:52 |
| FoR Codes: | 02 PHYSICAL SCIENCES > 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences > 020104 Galactic Astronomy @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970102 Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences @ 100% |
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