Collaborative Research: Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds - Conversion of Gas to Stars at Low Metallicity

合作研究：麦哲伦星云中的恒星形成——低金属丰度下气体转化为恒星

• 批准号: 1312902
• 负责人: Margaret Meixner
• 金额: $ 32.21万
• 依托单位: Johns Hopkins University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1312902&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Star; Formation; Magellanic

The goal of this collaborative project is to explore the relationship between gas metallicity and star formation rate. It will use the VISTA Magellanic Clouds (VMC) near IR survey photometry to extend a catalog of young stellar objects (YSOs) to solar masses. The program will measure the amount of molecular gas present as a test of recent star formation theories and will ascertain the effects on the structure and formation of dense pre-stellar cores.Broader impacts of the work include training of undergraduate and graduate students and a postdoc in the use of ALMA, and release of GPIPS survey results and software to the astronomical community. The Baltimore-based postdoc and graduate students of Dr. Meixner will participate in Project ASTRO, which reaches out to the Baltimore City School system, while Co-I Dr. Indebetouw and his students will create new multi-wavelength components for K-12 teacher workshops.

这个协作项目的目的是探索气体金属性与恒星形成率之间的关系。 它将在IR调查光度法附近使用Vista Magellanic Clouds（VMC），以将年轻恒星物体（YSO）的目录扩展到太阳能块。该程序将测量作为最近恒星形成理论的测试的分子气体量，并将确定对密集的固有前核的结构和形成的影响。该作品的影响力的影响包括对本科生和研究生的培训以及在ALMA使用后使用后使用后的ALMA，以及GPIPS对GPIPS的调查结果和软件对天文学社区的调查和软件。总部位于巴尔的摩的博士后和Meixner博士的研究生将参加Astro Project，该计划与巴尔的摩市学校系统接触，而Co-I Indebetouw博士和他的学生将为K-12教师工作坊创建新的多波长组件。