Deuterium fractionation and the degree of ionisation in massive clumps within infrared dark clouds

2011/08/29 by O. Miettinen, Oskari Miettinen, M. Hennemann +3
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Deuterium #Electrical and Electromagnetic Research #Fractionation #Fullerene Chemistry and Applications #Infrared #Ionization #Line (geometry) #Mean kinetic temperature #Molecular cloud #Star formation #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117187

23 pages, 9 figures, 10 tables; accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2011/08/29 · openalex publication_date 2011/10/01 · arxiv updated 2015/05/29 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Massive clumps associated with infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are promising targets for studying the earliest stages of high-mass star and cluster formation.

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