2006/08/01 by H. Beuther, Henrik Beuther · 1 citation
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Chemical physics #Materials science #Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure #Nanotechnology #Physics #Scale (ratio) #TRACE (psycholinguistics) #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s1743921307001378
6 pages, 3 figures, proceedings to the IAU Syposium 237 "Triggered star formation in a turbulent ISM"
openalex publication_date 2006/08/01 · arxiv created 2006/10/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract Young massive star-forming regions are known to produce hot molecular gas cores (HMCs) with a rich chemistry. While this chemistry is interesting in itself, it also allows to investigate important physical parameters. I will present recent results obtained with high-angular-resolution interferometers disentangling the small-scale structure and complexity of various molecular gas components. Early attempts to develop a chemical evolutionary sequence are discussed. Furthermore, I will outline the difficulty to isolate the right molecular lines capable to unambiguously trace potential massive accretion disks.