A systematic search for massive young stars in the Galaxy - the RMS survey

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dc.creatorHoare, MG
dc.creatorLumsden, SL
dc.creatorOudmaijer, RD
dc.creatorBusfield, AL
dc.creatorKing, TL
dc.creatorMoore, TLJ
dc.date2004-04-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:12:50Z
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dc.descriptionWe have selected red MSX sources (RMS) that have the colours of massive young stellar objects (MYSOs). Our aim is to generate a large, systematically selected sample to address questions such as their luminosity function, lifetimes, clustering and triggering. Other objects such as UCHIIs, PN, PPN and AGB stars have similar IR colours and a large programme of ground-based follow-up observations is underway to identify and eliminate these from the sample of the red MSX sources. These include radio continuum observations, kinematic distances, ground-based mid-IR imaging, near-IR imaging and spectroscopy to distinguish. We report the progress of these campaigns on the 3000 candidates, with initial indications showing that a substantial fraction are indeed massive YSOs.
dc.description3 pages, 4 figures Talk in conference: Milky Way surveys, the structure and evolution of our Galaxy, Boston 2003
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0404093
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0404093
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7596
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleA systematic search for massive young stars in the Galaxy - the RMS survey
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