The SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey - Latest Results
Abstract
The SOMA Survey aims to study at least 50 high- and intermediate-mass protostars in a range of evolutionary states and environments using SOFIA-FORCAST imaging from about 10 to 40 microns. These data help constrain the peak of the spectral energy distribution (SED), but also give much richer information via the resolved the flux density profiles in the images. These MIR and FIR emissions probe warm dust that is often a signature of irradiated protostellar outflow cavities, which thus allows us to better understand the geometry of the protostellar cores and test theoretical models based on Core Accretion. Several follow-up projects are underway, including study of cm continuum emission from ionized jets with the VLA, molecular components with ALMA and NIR tracers of jets with HST. I give an overview of all these projects and show latest results from the survey.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233
- Pub Date:
- January 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AAS...23320801T