How Dynamic is Star Formation in a Dynamical Time?

古德曼博士和她的合作者将对恒星形成区域的恒星、尘埃和气体进行大规模调查，以检验和约束恒星动态形成的理论。该项目的激励目标是评估在各种物理条件下形成恒星的气体和恒星之间的动态相互作用的物理重要性。将确定和研究气态结构和恒星在三个大型分子云复合体中的位置、速度和空间密度，以评估作为时间和能量函数的几种潜在重要相互作用的可能性。由PI领导的恒星形成区域的全面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最近和即将到来的几次地面调查。COMPLETE数据一经采集和验证，将立即提供给社区。PI将继续积极地就COMPLETE和她的新工作进行公开讲座。除了从事COMPLETE研究的博士后和研究生外，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.