Sheffield Astronomy Seminars
Organised by Simon Goodwin
Chemical and physical processes during the earliest phases of star formation
Prof Paula Caselli
Leeds University
16th May 2012
Pre-stellar cores (PSCs) are on the verge of star formation and they represent the initial conditions in the process of star and planet formation. In this talk I shall review observational and theoretical efforts, pointing out the importance of astrochemistry for data interpretation. I shall underline recent observational challenges (including Herschel data) and the main unknowns which are preventing us from a detailed understanding of PSCs. The importance of ALMA and the search for massive pre-stellar cores will also be discussed.
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