Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2008
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PhD Thesis ISBN: 978-90-9022875-4, University of Groningen, 136 pages, 2008
Physics
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Stars: Formation, Ism: Clouds, Dust, Extinction, Molecules, Infrared: Ism
Scientific paper
In this thesis I describe the search for, and discovery of, massive dark clouds in the outer Galactic Plane. I present a statistical analysis on the near-IR colours of stars present in the Two Micron All Sky Survey. The result is a reliable list of over 1000 extended reddened regions. Many of these regions are believed to be reddened due to foreground dense molecular clouds, which is justified by a follow-up investigation providing additional information on the properties of target regions, e.g., the association with known dark clouds, distance estimates from CO matching and signatures of star forming activity. Subsequently, I present a detailed analysis of molecular line observations and infrared Spitzer data on the region G111.80+0.58. This resulted in the first identification and characterization of an infrared dark cloud in the outer parts of the Galactic plane. Moreover, it demonstrates the power of the statistical identification method and exemplifies the use of the catalogue of extended reddened regions.
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