Filaments of IRDCs: The environments of massive cores

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Apr 2010

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ATNF proposal M531, Semester: April, 2010

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Star Formation, Mopra

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The high column densities and masses of some infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) suggest that they harbor the dense clumps and cores in which stellar clusters and massive stars are currently forming, or will form in the future. These regions therefore allow us to study poorly understood initial conditions for cluster and massive star formation. Analysis of a new sample of IRDCs identified by Peretto & Fuller has shown that many of the densest IRDCs, those most like to be able to form massive stars, appear to occur in filaments. In this proposal we request time to image the environments of these clouds to determine whether these filaments are coherent structures. These observations will also allow us to study dynamics of a sample of IRDCs to assess the role of their environments play in the formation and evolution of these clouds.

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