Masers: high resolution probes of star formation

银河系中最大的恒星在星系的形成中发挥着至关重要的作用 使地球上的生命成为可能的原子。 这些恒星的诞生 被气体和尘埃笼罩只有无线电波能穿透 在这个项目中，我们将对星际脉泽进行观测， 羟基和甲醇分子，并通过数学建模 分子激发和辐射转移的物理探测， 伴随的大质量恒星的化学和演化状态 和微波激射器

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.