The Australia Telescope National Facility Colloquium | |||
15:30-16:30 Wed 30 Jul 2008 | |||
ATNF Marsfield Lecture Theatre |
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Dr Jill Rathborne(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Infrared Dark Clouds: precursors to star clusters - Dr Jill Rathborne ColloquiumInfrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs) are cold, dense molecular clouds identified as extinction features against the bright mid-IR Galactic background. Our recent 1.2 mm continuum emission survey of IRDCs reveal many compact (< 0.5 pc) and massive (10-2100 Msun) cores within them. These pre-stellar cores hold the key to understanding IRDCs and
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