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High Mass Star Formation And Methanol Masers, Nathanael Wilson
High Mass Star Formation And Methanol Masers, Nathanael Wilson
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Class I and Class II methanol (CH3OH) masers are believed to be good indicators for regions where high mass stars are being formed. High mass stars are important because they inuence the evolution of the Galaxy, but many details of their formation remain unknown. I present an investigation into the association of Class I and Class II CH3OH masers with high mass star formation in our Galaxy, in particular the evolutionary stages at which they occur. To do so, I have compared data on high mass star forming regions from the ATLASGAL survey with catalogs of Class I and Class …