The Red MSX Source survey: critical tests of accretion models for the formation of massive stars
The Red MSX Source survey: critical tests of accretion models for the formation of massive stars
There is currently no accepted theoretical framework for the formation of the most massive stars, and the manner in which protostars continue to accrete and grow in mass beyond \sim10Msun is still a controversial topic. In this study we use several prescriptions of stellar accretion and a description of the …