Star Formation Research with Space Telescopes
Dr. Norbert Schulz
Fri Jan 8, 02-03:00pm, 37-252 (Marlar)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
The arrival of NASA's Three Great Observatories has revolutionized our perception about the Universe within the last decade. Specifically in the field of star formation the impact of these space observatories is most significant. While the Spitzer Space Telescope observes dust emissions in the infrared band, the Hubble Space Telescope mostly observes gaseous processes predominantly in the optical band.
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory finally complements the set in the X-ray band sensitive to hot gas and magnetic activity. This presentation
provides an overview over these activities and with focus on high energy processes in stellar formation.
Contact: Gregory Prigozhin, 37-561, 253-7246, gyp@space.mit.edu
Sponsor: Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Latest update: 03-Dec-2009
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