Zoom-In ON hIgh-mass Star forMation

IF/00956/2015/CP1273/CT0002

Principal investigator
M. S. Nanda Kumar

Theory of high-mass star formation predict specific features: formation of near-equal binary systems, radiation Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, bloated photosphere. The goals of this project are to use the cutting edge facilities such as VLT, ALMA, JWST, and VLTI-GRAVITY to observationally zoom-in on the nearest targets to examine them at a few hundred AU scales and test/confront theoretical scenarios.

Funding institution
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Start: 15 December 2016
End: 14 December 2021