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Jonathan Tan, Open Questions in Massive Star and Cluster Formation, June 24, 2021

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Massive stars are powerful engines for driving the physical and chemical evolution of galaxies, while star clusters are the birth environments of most stars, including massive ones. It is thus important to study the origin of massive stars and clusters together as an integrated process. I briefly overview the many open questions that remain outstanding in this research field and highlight areas where ngVLA will be able to make important contributions.

The Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) is a development project of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). NRAO is a facility of the National Science Foundation (NSF) operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. This material is based upon work supported by the NSF under Grant No. AST-1519126. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.