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Measuring the Internal Structure and Physical Conditions in Star and Planet Forming Clouds Cores: Towards a Quantitative Description of Cloud EvolutionThis grant funds a research program to use infrared extinction measurements to probe the detailed structure of dark molecular cloud cores and investigate the physical conditions which give rise to star and planet formation. The goals of this program are to acquire, reduce and analyze deep infrared and molecular-line observations of a carefully selected sample of nearby dark clouds in order to determine the detailed initial conditions for star formation from quantitative measurements of the internal structure of starless cloud cores and to quantitatively investigate the evolution of such structure through the star and planet formation process.
Document ID
20040041406
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Contractor or Grantee Report
Authors
Lada, Charles J.
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 2004
Subject Category
Astronomy
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-13041
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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