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The molecular distribution of the IRDC G351.77-0.51
S. Leurini, T. Pillai, T. Stanke +5
Infrared dark clouds are massive, dense clouds seen in extinction against the IR Galactic background. Many of these objects appear to be on the verge of star and star cluster forma…
Volume Density Thresholds for Overall Star Formation imply Mass-Size Thresholds for Massive Star Formation
Genevieve Parmentier, Jens Kauffmann, Thushara Pillai +1
We aim at understanding the massive star formation (MSF) limit in the mass-size space of molecular structures recently proposed by Kauffmann &…
Probing the initial conditions of high-mass star formation. II. Fragmentation, stability, and chemistry
T. Pillai, J. Kauffmann, F. Wyrowski +3
We present a new high-resolution study of pre-protocluster regions in tracers exclusively probing the coldest and dense gas (NH_2D). The data are used to constrain the chemical, th…
High-angular resolution observations of methanol in the infrared dark cloud core G11.11-0.12P1
Laura Gomez, Friedrich Wyrowski, Thushara Pillai +2
Recent studies suggest that infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) have the potential of harboring the earliest stages of massive star formation and indeed evidence for this is found toward…