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Molecular Clouds and Millimetre Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Michael Burton
Michael Burton*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, [email protected]
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Abstract

A condensed summary of molecular cloud astrophysics is presented. Some examples of the power of combining near-IR and mm molecular line observations are given.

Keywords

molecular processesstars: formationISM: moleculesISM: jets and outflowsradio lines: general
Type
Workshop on Millimetre-wave Astronomy
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1996 , pp. 197 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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