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The critical role of disks in the formation of high-mass stars

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  • Riccardo Cesaroni

    (INAF–Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

  • Daniele Galli

    (INAF–Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

  • Giuseppe Lodato

    (Cambridge University)

  • Malcolm Walmsley

    (INAF–Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

  • Qizhou Zhang

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Abstract

Stellar growth Astrophysicists have worked out a robust model of star formation for low-mass stars with masses of about one solar mass or less. But for high-mass 'early type' stars things are less clear. Cesaroni et al. review recent developments in the field. The answer, it seems, lies in circumstellar accretion disks. And rotational motions detected in the gases around young high-mass stars suggest that non-spherical accretion is part of the recipe.

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  • Riccardo Cesaroni & Daniele Galli & Giuseppe Lodato & Malcolm Walmsley & Qizhou Zhang, 2006. "The critical role of disks in the formation of high-mass stars," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7120), pages 703-706, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7120:d:10.1038_nature05344
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05344
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