Where, Exactly, Do Stars Form?

Alyssa Goodman's Talk at SOFIA Star Formation Workshop, UC Santa Cruz, July 13, 1999

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Introduction & "The Schmidt Law" (Kennicutt's Law)

1989ApJ...344..685K		1.000	09/1989	A          G                  R  C      S  N
KENNICUTT, ROBERT C., JR.		The star formation law in galactic disks
1998ApJ...498..541K		1.000	05/1998	A  E  F                      R          S  N
KENNICUTT, ROBERT C., JR.		The Global Schmidt Law in Star-forming Galaxies

The Spectral Correlation Function

1999astro.ph..3454R		1.000	03/1999	A  E  F
ROSOLOWSKY, ERIK W.; GOODMAN, ALYSSA A.; WILNER, DAVID J.; WILLIAMS, JONATHAN P.		The Spectral Correlation Function -- A New Tool for Analyzing Spectral-Line Maps

Coherent Cores

1998ApJ...504..207B		1.000	09/1998	A  E  F                      R          S
BARRANCO, JOSEPH A.; GOODMAN, ALYSSA A.		Coherent Dense Cores. I. NH 3 Observations
1998ApJ...504..223G		1.000	09/1998	A  E  F                      R          S
GOODMAN, ALYSSA A.; BARRANCO, JOSEPH A.; WILNER, DAVID J.; HEYER, MARK H.		Coherence in Dense Cores. II. The Transition to Coherence

Connecting Spectral Line & Continuum Data

Remember:

1.3 mm Map of Ophiuchus

1998A&A...336..150M		1.000	08/1998	A  E  F                                  S
MOTTE, F.; ANDRE, P.; NERI, R.		The initial conditions of star formation in the rho Ophiuchi main cloud: wide-field millimeter continuum mapping

"Pressure Confined Clumps"

1992ApJ...395..140B		1.000	08/1992	A          G                  R  C      S
BERTOLDI, FRANK; MCKEE, CHRISTOPHER F.		Pressure-confined clumps in magnetized molecular clouds

SOFIA Instruments Web Site

http://www.sofia.usra.edu/observatory/instruments/first_light/index.html

Opening Image (Alves, Lada & Lada 1999)

http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-1999/phot-29-99.html