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ATLASGAL: the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2011

M. Röllig ,
R. Simon ,
V. Ossenkopf ,
J. Stutzki ,
F. Wyrowski ,
F. Schuller ,
K.M. Menten ,
L. Bronfman ,
T. Henning  and
C.M. Walmsley
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F. Wyrowski
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany
F. Schuller
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany
K.M. Menten
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany
L. Bronfman
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
T. Henning
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
C.M. Walmsley
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy
H. Beuther
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
S. Bontemps
Affiliation:
LAB, Bordeaux, France
R. Cesaroni
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy
Y. Contreras
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
L. Deharveng
Affiliation:
LAM, Marseille, France
G. Garay
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
F. Herpin
Affiliation:
LAB, Bordeaux, France
B. Lefloch
Affiliation:
LAOG, Grenoble, France
H. Linz
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
D. Mardones
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
V. Minier
Affiliation:
CEA/IRFU, Saclay, France
S. Molinari
Affiliation:
IFSI/INAF, Roma, Italy
F. Motte
Affiliation:
CEA/IRFU, Saclay, France
Q. Nguyen Luong
Affiliation:
CEA/IRFU, Saclay, France
L.-Å. Nyman
Affiliation:
ALMA, Santiago, Chile
V. Reveret
Affiliation:
CEA/IRFU, Saclay, France
C. Risacher
Affiliation:
SRON, Groningen, The Netherlands
D. Russeil
Affiliation:
LAM, Marseille, France
P. Schilke
Affiliation:
University of Cologne, Germany
N. Schneider
Affiliation:
CEA/IRFU, Saclay, France
J. Tackenberg
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
L. Testi
Affiliation:
ESO, Garching
T. Troost
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany
T. Vasyunina
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
M. Wienen
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany
A. Zavagno
Affiliation:
LAM, Marseille, France
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Abstract

Submillimeter dust continuum emission traces high molecular column densities and, thus, dense cloud regions in which new stars are forming. Surveys of the Galactic plane in such emission have the potential of delivering an unbiased view of high-mass star formation throughout the Milky Way. The location of the APEX telescope on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile is ideally suited for mapping the inner Galaxy. ATLASGAL, The APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy at 870 μm, is a survey of the Galactic plane using the Large APEX Bolometer Camera (LABOCA), in the Galactic longitude and latitude ranges of  ±60 and  ±1.5°, respectively. This survey is providing an unbiased sample of cold dusty clumps in the Galaxy at submillimeter wavelength and a variety of molecular line follow-up observations have been started to characterize the physical and chemical conditions in the newly found clumps. Here, first results from this survey and its follow-up programs are described.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 52: Conditions and Impact of Star Formation , 2011 , pp. 129 - 134
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2011

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