Instructor: Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull, Hermann Brown Rm. 352 , Phone: x3531
Texts: Protostars and Planets V
The Physics of Astrophysics II: Gas Dynamics (Shu)
Protostars and Planets IV
The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems (NATO)
Accretion Processes in Star Formation (Hartmann)
You should have a copy of the PP-V book.
Grading: Based on class presentations and participation
This is a course that will discuss the major areas of active research within the field of star formation and solar system origins. Every six years the international community holds a "Protostars and Planets" meeting. The latest, PP-V (the fifth), was held in Hawaii in October of 2005, attracting over 800 participants. The Protostars and Planets meetings are probably the most important meetings in the field of star and planet formation. Each group presenting an invited talk also writes a detailed review of about 20 pages on the subfield, so the PP books are a great resource for everyone in the area.
For ASTR 555, students will choose subject areas to give presentations to the class. Review articles can also be drawn from "Protostars and Planets IV," the proceedings of a NATO star formation summer school ("The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems"), and the other two textbooks listed above though I may approve others you find in the literature.
The following list includes all the PP-V contributions (in italics, and numbered with a `P' prefix), and I selected a subset of PP-IV papers and chapters from the other texts that are good resources. Since it is expected that everyone obtain a copy of PP-V, no photocopying of that material will be needed; however, all reviews from the other resources need to be photocopied by the presenter and handed out one class in advance of when the presentation is to occur. Presentations should not be limited strictly to what is in the review. Each of these is like a long AU presentation and will last about 45 minutes, including questions. We'll get done with two presentations each class, so there will be about 46 presentations in all, or about 10 per student. All students should read the two articles before they come to class and be prepared to discuss them and ask questions. The presenter will present the paper and lead the discussion, but it is expected that everyone will participate.
| T Jan 12: Organization |
| Th Jan 14: Johns-Krull - (lecture) setting the stage: Gravitational Collapse and Star Formation (Shu: Ch 18) |
| T Jan 19: Wilson (2) / Wei (P2) |
| Th Jan 21: Jacob (P5) / Jeffrey (P3) |
| T Jan 26: Johns-Krull (4) / Wilson (P1) |
| Th Jan 28: Jacob (3) / Wei (1) |
| T Feb 2: Jacob (3) / Jeffrey (7) |
| Th Feb 4: Jeffrey (7) / Johns-Krull (P8) |
| T Feb 9: Wilson (P11) / Johns-Krull (6) |
| Th Feb 11: Jeffrey (P13) / Jacob (P10) |
| T Feb 16: Wei (12) / Wilson (11) |
| Th Feb 18: Wei (P18) / Jacob (P15) |
| T Feb 23: Jeffrey (P19) / Johns-Krull (P20) |
| Th Feb 25: Wilson (P23) / Jacob (17) |
| T Mar 2: SPRING BREAK |
| Th Mar 4: SPRING BREAK |
| T Mar 9: Wei (14) |
| Th Mar 11: Johns-Krull (P26) |
| T Mar 16: Johns-Krull (accretion disks) |
| Th Mar 18: Johns-Krull (accretion disks)/ Jeffrey (P27) |
| T Mar 23: Jeffrey (P27) / Wilson (P25) |
| Th Mar 25: Naved (P28) / Jacob (P30) |
| T Mar 30: Wei (21) / Johns-Krull (P32) |
| Th Apr 1: MIDTERM RECESS |
| T Apr 6: Wilson (P34) / Jeffrey (P40) |
| Th Apr 8: Jacob (P37) / Wei (P38) |
| T Apr 13: Johns-Krull (P43) / Wilson (P44) |
| Th Apr 15: Jeffrey (P45) / Jacob (P49) |
| T Apr 20: Wei (P51) / Johns-Krull (P50) |
| Th Apr 22: Wilson (P57) / Jeffrey (P56) |
| Number | Title | Author | Reference | |
| I. Clouds and Cores | ||||
| P1. | Near-Infrared Extinction and the Structure and | Lada | PPV | |
| Nature of Molecular Clouds | ||||
| P2. | An Observational Perspective of Low-Mass Dense | DiFrancesco | PPV | |
| Cores I: Internal Physical and Chemical Properties | ||||
| P3. | An Observational Perspective of Low-Mass Dense | Ward-Thompson | PPV | |
| Cores II: Evolution Toward an Initial Mass Function | ||||
| P4. | Extreme Deuteration and Hot Corinos: The Earliest | Ceccarelli | PPV | |
| Signatures of Low Mass Star Formation | ||||
| P5. | Molecular Cloud Turbulence and Star Formation | Ballesteros | PPV | |
| P6. | Giant Molecular Clouds in Galaxies | Blitz | PPV | |
| 1. | Chemical Evolution of Protostellar Matter | Langer | PPIV | |
| 2. | Molecular Clouds | Blitz | NATO 1 | |
| 3. | Physical Conditions in Nearby Molecular Clouds | Myers | NATO 3 | |
| 4. | Models and Observations of the Chemistry Near YSOs | van Dishodeck | NATO 4 | |
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| II. Star Formation, Protostars, and High Mass Stars | ||||
| P7. | Current Advances in the Methodology and Computational | Klein | PPV | |
| Simulation of the Formation of Low-Mass Stars | ||||
| P8. | Stellar Properties of Embedded Protostars | White | PPV | |
| P9. | Fragmentation of Cores and the Initial Binary Population | Goodwin | PPV | |
| P10. | The Origin of the IMF | Bonnell | PPV | |
| P11. | The Formation of Massive Stars | Beuther | PPV | |
| P12. | Ultracompact H II Regions and the Early Lives | Hoare | PPV | |
| of Massive Stars | ||||
| P13. | Disks around Young O-B (Proto)Stars: Observations | Cesaroni | PPV | |
| and Modeling | ||||
| 5. | Multiple Fragmentation of Protostars | Bodenheimer | PPIV | |
| 6. | Formation of Low Mass Stars: Observations | Lada | NATO 5 | |
| 7. | Low Mass Star Formation: Theory | Shu | NATO 6 | |
| 8. | Massive Star Formation | Churchwell | NATO 15 | |
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| III. Jets and Outflows | ||||
| P14. | Observations of Jets and Outflows from Young Stars | Bally | PPV | |
| P15. | Toward Resolving the Outflow Engine: An Observational | Ray | PPV | |
| Perspective | ||||
| P16. | Molecular Outflows from Newborn Stars | Arce | PPV | |
| P17. | Jets and Bipolar Outflows from Young Stars: | Shang | PPV | |
| Theory and Observations | ||||
| P18. | Disk Winds, Jets, and Outflows: Theoretical | Pudritz | PPV | |
| and Computational Foundations | ||||
| 9. | Molecular Outflows from Young Stellar Objects | Richer | PPIV | |
| 10. | Disk Winds and the Accretion-Outflow | Königl | PPIV | |
| Connection | ||||
| 11. | X-Winds: Theory and Observations | Shu | PPIV | |
| 12. | HH Flows: Probes of Early Stellar Evolution | Reipurth | ||
| 13. | Shock Structures and Momentum Transfer in | Hartigan | PPIV | |
| Herbig-Haro Jets | ||||
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| VI. Clusters and Associations | ||||
| P19. | The Rotation of Young Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs | Herbst | PPV | |
| P20. | X-ray Properties of Young Stars and Stellar Clusters | Feigelson | PPV | |
| P21. | The Taurus Molecular Cloud: Multi-Wavelength Surveys | Guedel | PPV | |
| with XMM-Newton, Spitzer, and CFHT | ||||
| P22. | The Low Mass Populations in OB Associations | Briceno | PPV | |
| P23. | The Structure and Evolution of Young Stellar Clusters | Allen | PPV | |
| 14. | The Formation of Stellar Clusters | Clarke | PPIV | |
| 15. | Observations and Theory of Star Cluster | Elmegreen | PPIV | |
| Formation | ||||
| 16. | The Stellar Initial Mass Function: Constraints from | Meyer | PPIV | |
| Young Clusters, and Theoretical Perspectives | ||||
| 17. | OB Associations | Brown | NATO 12 | |
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| V. Young Binaries and Brown Dwarfs | ||||
| P24. | New Observational Frontiers in the Multiplicity | Duchene | PPV | |
| of Young Stars | ||||
| P25. | Disk Evolution in Young Binaries: From | Monin | PPV | |
| Observation to Theory | ||||
| P26. | Dynamical Mass Measurements of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars: | Mathieu | PPV | |
| Fundamental Tests of the Physics of Young Stars | ||||
| P27. | Not Alone: Tracing the Origins of Very Low Mass | Burgasser | PPV | |
| Stars and Brown Dwarfs Through Multiplicity Studies | ||||
| P28. | The Formation of Brown Dwarfs: Observations | Luhman | PPV | |
| P29. | The Formation of Brown Dwarfs: Theory | Whitworth | PPV | |
| 18. | Young Binary Stars and Associated Disks | Mathieu | PPIV | |
| 19. | Multiple Fragmentation of Protostars | Bodenheimer | PPIV | |
| 20. | Brown Dwarfs | Oppenheimer | PPIV | |
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| VI. T Tauri Stars and Disks | ||||
| P30. | Magnetospheric Accretion in Classical T Tauri Stars | Bouvier | PPV | |
| P31. | Interferometric Spectroimaging of Molecular | Dutrey | PPV | |
| Gas in Protoplanetary Disks | ||||
| P32. | Gas in Inner Disks | Najita | PPV | |
| P33. | Multiwavelength Imaging of Young Stellar Object | Watson | PPV | |
| Disks: Toward an Understanding of Disk Structure | ||||
| and Dust Evolution | ||||
| P34. | The Circumstellar Environments of Young Stars | Millan-Gabet | PPV | |
| at AU Scales | ||||
| P35. | Models of the Structure and Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks | Dullemond | PPV | |
| P36. | Evolution of Circumstellar Disks Around Normal | Meyer | PPV | |
| Stars: Placing our Solar System in Context | ||||
| 21. | Evolution of Disk Accretion | Calvet | PPIV | |
| 22. | Disk Dispersal Around Young Stars | Hollenbach | PPIV | |
| 23. | The FU Orionis Phenomenon and Solar Nebula Material | Bell | PPIV | |
| 24. | Effects of Energetic Radiation in Young Stellar | Glassgold | PPIV | |
| Objects | ||||
| 25. | The Nature of Young Solar Type Stars | Menard | NATO 10 | |
| 26. | Circumstellar Disks | Beckwith | NATO 17 | |
| 27. | Accretion Disks and Eruptive Phenomena | Kenyon | NATO 18 | |
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| VII. Planet Formation and Extrasolar Planets | ||||
| P37. | Formation of Gas Giant Planets | Lissauer | PPV | |
| P38. | Gravitational Instabilities in Gaseous Protoplanetary | Durisen | PPV | |
| Disks and Implications for Giant Planet Formation | ||||
| P39. | Gaseous Planets, Protostars, and Young Brown | Chabrier | PPV | |
| Dwarfs: Birth and Fate | ||||
| P40. | The Diverse Origins of Terrestrial Planet Systems | Nagasawa | PPV | |
| P41. | Disk-Planet Interactions During Planet Formation | Papaloizou | PPV | |
| P42. | Planet Migration in Planetesimal Disks | Levison | PPV | |
| P43. | A Decade of Radial-Velocity Discoveries in the Exoplanet Domain | Udry | PPV | |
| P44. | When Exoplanets Transit Their Parent Stars | Charbonneau | PPV | |
| P45. | Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets | Beuzit | PPV | |
| P46. | Atmospheres and Evolution of Extrasolar Giant Planets | Marley | PPV | |
| 28. | Orbital Evolution and Planet-Star Tidal Interaction | Line | PPIV | |
| 29. | New Ideas in the Theory of Extrasolar Giant | Burrows | PPIV | |
| Planets and Brown Dwarfs | ||||
| 30. | The Formation of Planets | Ruden | NATO 19 | |
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| VIII. Dust and Early Solar System | ||||
| P47. | The Chemical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks | Bergin | PPV | |
| P48. | Dust in Protoplanetary Disks: Properties and Evolution | Natta | PPV | |
| P49. | Growth of Dust as the Initial Step Toward | Dominik | PPV | |
| Planet Formation | ||||
| P50. | Astronomical and Meteoritic Evidence for The Nature of | Alexander | PPV | |
| Interstellar Dust and Its Processing in Protoplanetary Disks | ||||
| P51. | Comet Grains and Implications for Heating and | Wooden | PPV | |
| Radial Mixing in the Protoplanetary Disk | ||||
| P52. | From Dust to Planetesimals: Implications for the Solar | Wadhwa | PPV | |
| Protoplanetary Disk from Short-lived Radionuclides | ||||
| P53. | Origin and Evolution of Oxygen Isotopic | Yurimoto | PPV | |
| Compositions of the Solar System | ||||
| P54. | Water in the Small Bodies of the Solar System | Jewitt | PPV | |
| P55. | Physical Properties of Trans-Neptunian Objects | Cruikshank | PPV | |
| P56. | A Brief History of Trans-Neptunian Space | Chiang | PPV | |
| 31. | Comets: A Link Between Interstellar and | Irvine | PPIV | |
| Nebular Chemistry | ||||
| 32. | The Outer Solar System: Chemical Constraints | Lunine | PPIV | |
| at Low Temperatures on Planet Formation | ||||
| Accretion Disk of the Sun | ||||
| 33. | Dust Properties and Assembly of Large | Beckwith | PPIV | |
| Particles in Protoplanetary Disks | ||||
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| IX. Astrobiology | ||||
| P57. | Comparative Planetology and the Search for Life | Beichman | PPV | |
| Beyond the Solar System | ||||
| P58. | From Protoplanets to Protolife: The | Gaidos | PPV | |
| Emergence and Maintenance of Life | ||||
| 34. | Planet Habitability and the Origins of Life | Chyba et al. | PPIV | |