Outflows, Accretion Disks, and Environments Associated with Massive Star Formation

Churchwell博士将利用各种无线电和红外观测技术研究我们银河系中大质量恒星的形成过程和早期演化。他的研究计划专注于研究超致密HII区的环境，这是大质量恒星的最早表现形式。他将利用对无线电和红外线中分子线的观测来研究这些恒星附近气体中的速度结构、化学、能量学和物理条件。他对了解分子外流和伴随的吸积盘的性质特别感兴趣，这些吸积盘被认为与年轻的大质量恒星在形成过程中有关。***

Churchwell, Edward B. AST 96-17686 Dr. Churchwell will study the formation processes and early evolution of massive stars in our Galaxy using a variety of observational techniques in the radio and infrared. His research program focuses on a study of the environment of ultra compact HII regions, the earliest manifestations of high mass stars. He will use observations of molecular lines in the radio and the infrared to investigate the velocity structure, chemistry, energetics, and physical conditions in the gas near these stars. He is particularly interested in understanding the properties of molecular outflows and the accompanying accretion disks believed to be associated with young massive stars during their formation. ***