A Systematic Study of Dense Cloud Cores and Star Formation
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The recent progress in mm-wave molecular observations allowed us to witness the site of star formation, dense cores in molecular clouds. A systematic and extensive survey for dense cores is in progress in Nagoya with two 4m millimeter wave telescopes equipped with one of the most sensitive superconducting receivers. The survey provides an unbiased sample of dense cores. Thus obtained sample is used to estimate star formation efficiensies by comparing with young stellar objects deteceted in the far-infrared and optical wavelengths, producing an observational constraint on how a protostar forms in dense cores.
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