New Results from Observations of Massive Star Formation in the Mid-Infrared with Large Aperture Telescopes
Abstract
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Thanks to the high spatial resolution afforded by 8-10m class telescopes, we are beginning to learn that some sources are extended in their mid-infrared emission because of dusty outflows or heated outflow cavity walls. Therefore one must be extremely careful in interpreting the nature of extended mid-infrared sources (i.e. just because it is extended does not automatically mean it is a disk!).
To appear in proceedings of the conference "First Light Science with the GTC", eds. R. Guzman, C. Packham & J.M. Rodriguez Espinosa (RMAA Conf. Ser.), in press; also available at http://www.ctio.noao.edu/~debuizer
To appear in proceedings of the conference "First Light Science with the GTC", eds. R. Guzman, C. Packham & J.M. Rodriguez Espinosa (RMAA Conf. Ser.), in press; also available at http://www.ctio.noao.edu/~debuizer