Massive and low-mass protostars in massive “starless” cores

• Published in: Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) Vol. 622; p. A54
• Main Authors: Pillai, Thushara, Kauffmann, Jens, Zhang, Qizhou, Sanhueza, Patricio, Leurini, Silvia, Wang, Ke, Sridharan, T. K., König, Carsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg EDP Sciences 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Clouds; Clumps; Cores; Galactic evolution; ISM: clouds; ISM: jets and outflows; Luminosity; Massive stars; Milky Way; Outflow; Physical properties; Protostars; Star & galaxy formation; Star formation; stars: formation

The infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) G11.11−0.12 and G28.34+0.06 are two of the best-studied IRDCs in our Galaxy. These two clouds host clumps at different stages of evolution, including a massive dense clump in both clouds that is dark even at 70 and 100 μm. Such seemingly quiescent massive dense clump...