title: Multiwavelength observations of massive star-forming regions selected in the far-infrared
creator: Hennemann, Martin
subject: ddc-520
subject: 520 Astronomy and allied sciences
description: The lack of observations of the earliest stages in high-mass star formation motivated the selection of massive star-forming regions using the 170 µm ISOPHOT Serendipity Survey. The evaluation of comprehensive follow-up observations, covering near-infrared to (sub-)millimetre wavelengths, identifies massive clumps and characterises the star-forming content in detail. The clumps comprise a large fraction of cold dusty material at temperatures between 12 and 22 K, and several have masses of 100 solar masses or more. Star formation has initiated in every clump, as they harbour embedded sources detected in the mid-infrared that represent low- to intermediate-mass young stellar objects. One case study uses millimetre interferometry and discovers two compact cores of about 15 solar masses embedded in a massive clump. They are driving energetic outflows and may accrete at high rates, and thus represent examples for the first stages of forming intermediate- to high-mass stars. The importance of high spatial resolution in the infrared for the study of high-mass star formation drives dedicated observing programmes with the Herschel Space Observatory. Furthermore, an active part in the preparation of the JWST MIRI instrument was taken because in particular its unprecedented imaging capabilities will allow to constrain crucial properties of the investigated sources.
date: 2008
type: Dissertation
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/9027/1/thesis.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00009027
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-90274
identifier:   Hennemann, Martin  (2008) Multiwavelength observations of massive star-forming regions selected in the far-infrared.  [Dissertation]     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/9027/
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language: eng