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The use of sensitive receivers on large ground-based radiotelescopes such as the JCMT, the IRAM 30 m MRT, and the VLA has recently yielded significant progress in our observational understanding of low-mass protostars. Submillimeter continuum observations suggest that the youngest stellar objects detected in the near-/mid-IR range —the so-called Class I sources or “infrared protostars” — have only residual amounts of circumstellar material and are thus relatively evolved. At the same time, a smaller number of colder and more obscured YSOs — designated “Class 0” — characterized by virtually no emission below 10 µm but strong submillimeter emission have been identified. These Class 0 or “submillimeter protostars” have not yet assembled the bulk of their final stellar mass, and correspond to the youngest protostar stage known to date (probable age ≲ 104 yr). Direct evidence for gravitational infall has been found in some of these sources confirming their protostellar nature. However, most (if not all) Class 0 protostars already drive highly collimated CO outflows.
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André, P. (1995). Low-Mass Protostars and Protostellar Stages. In: Watt, G.D., Williams, P.M. (eds) Circumstellar Matter 1994. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0147-9_6
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