High-mass protostellar candidates. I. The sample and initial results

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 566, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 931-944

  Sridharan, T K ^a   Beuther, H ^b   Schilke, P ^b   Menten, K M ^b   Wyrowski, F ^c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared: ISM; ISM: clouds; ISM: molecules; Radio lines: ISM; Stars: formation; Stars: mass loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000443841     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338332     Document Type: Article

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