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Prospects for Star Formation Studies with Mid-Infrared Instruments on Large Telescopes

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The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View

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Imaging and spectroscopic observations in the mid-infrared wavelength range (5μm–30μm) offer valuable insight into the origins of stars and planets. Sensitive new array detectors on 8-meter class telescopes make it possible to study a wide range of phenomena, from protoplanetary disks to starburst galaxies, in unprecedented detail. I review the capabilities of ground-based mid-infrared instruments (e.g., high spatial resolution) and their limitations (e.g., poor sensitivity, small field of view) using several examples in the field of star formation, and discuss prospects for the near future.

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  1. Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Ray Jayawardhana

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  1. European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748, Garching, Germany

    João F. Alves

  2. Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482, Potsdam, Germany

    Mark J. McCaughrean

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Jayawardhana, R. (2002). Prospects for Star Formation Studies with Mid-Infrared Instruments on Large Telescopes. In: Alves, J.F., McCaughrean, M.J. (eds) The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40277-1_47

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