Hoare, MG, Lumsden, SL, Oudmaijer, RD, Busfield, AL, King, TL and Moore, TLJ
(2004)
A systematic search for massive young stars in the Galaxy - the RMS
survey.
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Abstract
We have selected red MSX sources (RMS) that have the colours of massive young stellar objects (MYSOs). Our aim is to generate a large, systematically selected sample to address questions such as their luminosity function, lifetimes, clustering and triggering. Other objects such as UCHIIs, PN, PPN and AGB stars have similar IR colours and a large programme of ground-based follow-up observations is underway to identify and eliminate these from the sample of the red MSX sources. These include radio continuum observations, kinematic distances, ground-based mid-IR imaging, near-IR imaging and spectroscopy to distinguish. We report the progress of these campaigns on the 3000 candidates, with initial indications showing that a substantial fraction are indeed massive YSOs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | 3 pages, 4 figures Talk in conference: Milky Way surveys, the structure and evolution of our Galaxy, Boston 2003 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | astro-ph, astro-ph |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2019 15:25 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 07:05 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007050 |
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