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Dissertation

Feedback from deeply embedded low- and high-mass protostars. Surveying hot molecular gas with Herschel

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck, Co-Promotor: G.J. Herczeg

Author
A. Karska
Date
24 September 2014
Links
Thesis in Leiden Repository

Protostars interact violently with their natal cocoons within dense molecular clouds. Characterizing this feedback is key to understanding the efficiency of the star formation process and the chemical processing of material that will be available for planet formation. In this thesis, the imprints of physical processes on molecular gas are analyzed using state-of-the-art far-infrared spectroscopy from Herschel / PACS. Interpretation of the origin of far-infrared line emission allows us to quantify the physical conditions and the role of shocks and ultraviolet radiation during the 'kindergarten years' of low- and high-mass protostars.

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