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Hot molecular cores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2005

Riccardo Cesaroni
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy email: cesa@arcetri.astro.it
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Abstract

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The scope of this contribution is to review and discuss recent findings concerning the molecular environment of high-mass star forming regions. Special attention is devoted to “hot molecular cores” and their role in the formation of massive stars. After analysing the relationship between such cores and the surrounding molecular clumps, we discuss the results of interferometric observations of these objects and propose an evolutionary sequence proceeding from cold, pre-stellar cores to ultracompact HII regions.

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Contributed Papers
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© 2005 International Astronomical Union