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Star Formation in Outer Galaxy Molecular Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Marc L. Kutner
Marc L. Kutner*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 Astronomy Department University of Texas Austin, TX 78712

Abstract

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A variety of observations of molecular clouds outside the solar circle (mostly around R = 14 kpc) are reported. Maps of CO, 13CO (J = 1 → 0) and CO (J = 2 → 1) emission are discussed. Cloud sizes and masses range up to the GMC class. However, envelope kinetic temperatures are lower than those in GMCs in the molecular ring. Continuum observations, using the VLA at 6 cm and 20 cm, and far infrared observations, taken on the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, suggest the presence of newly formed late O and early B stars.

Type
II. Large Scale Processes of Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 115: Star Forming Regions , 1987 , pp. 483 - 494
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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