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Insights Into High Mass Star Formation From Methanol Maser Observations, Hontas Freeman Farmer
Insights Into High Mass Star Formation From Methanol Maser Observations, Hontas Freeman Farmer
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We present high angular resolution data on Class I and Class II methanol masers, together with other tracers of star formation like H2O masers, ultracompact (UC) ionized hydrogen (H II) regions, and 4.5 µm infrared sources, taken from the literature. The aim is to study what these data tell us about the process of high mass star formation; in particular, whether disk-outflow systems are compatible with the morphology exhibited by Class I and Class II methanol masers. Stars form in the dense cores inside molecular clouds, and while the process of the formation of stars like our …