EPoS Contribution
EPoS Contribution
High Mass Star Formation to the Extremes: NGC 3603 at High Angular Resolution from Infrared to Millimeter Wavelengths

Dieter Nürnberger
ESO Santiago & Paranal, Santiago, Chile
High angular resolution observations play a decisive role for our understanding of high mass star formation processes, both within our Galaxy and in extragalactic starburst regions. Taking the Galactic starburst template NGC 3603 as paradigm, I will discuss the importance of high angular resolution observations covering a wide wavelength range, from infrared to millimeter wavelengths. In particular, I will focus on results obtained from Adaptive Optics supported near infrared imaging and spectroscopy (VLT+NACO and VLT+SINFONI), and on results from interferometry at mid infrared (VLTI+MIDI) and millimeter wavelengths (ATCA; including an outlook to ALMA).