Distributed star formation throughout the Galactic center cloud Sgr B2

We report ALMA observations with resolution ≈0.″5 at 3 mm of the extended Sgr B2 cloud in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). We detect 271 compact sources, most of which are smaller than 5000 au. By ruling out alternative possibilities, we conclude that these sources consist of a mix of hypercompact...

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Main Authors: Ginsburg, Adam (Author) , Beuther, Henrik (Author) , Kruijssen, Diederik (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2018 February 5
In: The astrophysical journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 853, Issue: 2
ISSN:1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/aaa6d4
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa6d4
Verlag, Volltext: http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/853/i=2/a=171
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Author Notes:Adam Ginsburg, John Bally, Ashley Barnes, Nate Bastian, Cara Battersby, Henrik Beuther, Crystal Brogan, Yanett Contreras, Joanna Corby, Jeremy Darling, Chris De Pree, Roberto Galván-Madrid, Guido Garay, Jonathan Henshaw, Todd Hunter, J.M. Diederik Kruijssen, Steven Longmore, Xing Lu, Fanyi Meng, Elisabeth A.C. Mills, Juergen Ott, Jaime E. Pineda, Álvaro Sánchez-Monge, Peter Schilke, Anika Schmiedeke, Daniel Walker, and David Wilner

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