Masers: high resolution probes of star formation

微波激射器：恒星形成的高分辨率探测器

• 批准号: DP0342478
• 负责人: Prof Simon Ellingsen
• 金额: $ 12.57万
• 依托单位: University of Tasmania
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2003-05-02 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0342478
• 关键词: Masers; resolution; probes; star; formation

The largest stars in the Galaxy play a vital role in the formation of the atoms which make life on Earth possible. The birth of these stars is shrouded in gas and dust through which only radiowaves penetrate. In this project we will make observations of interstellar masers from the hydroxyl and methanol molecules and through mathematical modelling of molecular excitation and radiative transfer probe the physical, chemical and evolutionary status of the high-mass stars associated with the masers.

银河系中最大的恒星在形成过程中起着至关重要的作用