How Dynamic is Star Formation in a Dynamical Time?

古德曼博士和她的合作者将使用对恒星形成区域中的恒星、尘埃和气体的大规模调查来测试和约束动力学恒星形成的理论。该项目的激励目标是评估在各种物理条件下，恒星形成气体和恒星之间动态相互作用的物理重要性。将确定和研究三个大型分子云复合体中气体结构和恒星的位置、速度和空间密度，以评估几种潜在的重大相互作用作为时间和能量的函数的可能性。由PI牵头的恒星形成区域完整调查将提供必要的数据，以及即将到来的斯皮策红外望远镜设施和几项最近和即将进行的地面调查。一旦获得并核实了完整的数据，就会立即向社区提供这些数据。国际和平协会将继续积极就完成的工作和她的新工作进行公开讲座。除了博士后研究人员和从事完整工作的研究生之外，本科生和高中生也参与其中。

Dr. Goodman and her collaborators will use large scale surveys of stars, dust, and gas in star forming regions to test and constrain theories of dynamical star formation. The motivating goal of the project is to assess the physical importance of dynamic interactions between and among star-forming gas and stars, under a variety of physical conditions. Positions, velocities and space-densities of gaseous structures and stars throughout three large molecular cloud complexes will be determined and studied to assess the likelihood of several kinds of potentially significant interactions as functions of time and energy. The COMPLETE Survey of star forming regions, being led by the PI, will provide the necessary data along with upcoming Spitzer Infrared Telescope Facility and several recent and upcoming ground-based surveys. The COMPLETE data are being made available to the community as soon as they are taken and verified. The PI will continue to be active in giving public lectures on COMPLETE and her new work. In addition to postdoctoral researchers and graduate students working on COMPLETE, undergraduate and high school students have been involved.