When: 
Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Where: 
Hugel Science Center 115
Presenter: 
Ian Stephens (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrtophysics)
Price: 
Free

Stars form from the gravitational collapse of dense molecular cloud cores. While a general consensus picture of this collapse process has emerged, many details on how mass is transferred from clouds to stars and disks remain poorly understood. Survey astronomy can be used to statistically constrain the star formation process, allowing for a better understanding of this mass transfer. In this talk, I will focus on some of my recent and upcoming star formation surveys, and I will highlight key science results. These surveys reveal the interplay between fragmentation, angular momentum, chemistry, and magnetic fields in regulating accretion and setting the final masses of stars and disks.

Sponsored by: 
Physics Department

Contact information

Name: 
David Nice
Phone: 
x5204
Email: 
niced@lafayette.edu