14 November 2016 – Are All Stars Created Equal? New findings by international team led by DIAS Astronomer
An international scientific team led by Dr. Alessio Caratti o Garatti from the Astronomy & Astrophysics Section of the School of Cosmic Physics here at DIAS, for the first time observed and analyzed an outburst from a high-mass young stellar object that was caused by material accreting onto the star.
Artist’s impression of an accretion burst in a high-mass young stellar object like S255 NIRS 3. Image Credit: Deutsches SOFIA Institut (DSI).
Pre-outburst (left) and outburst (middle) near-infrared images (K, H, J bands) of the high-mass young stellar object S255IR NIRS 3, taken from 2009 UKIDSS archive data and the PANIC camera (Calar Alto Observatory, Man-Planck Society) in 2016, respectively, as well as outburst mid-infrared images (right) taken with FORCAST / SOFIA at 7.7, 19.7 and 31.5 microns (2016). Copyright: Caratti o Garatti.
Science Contacts:
Alessio Caratti o Garatti
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Email: alessio”at”cp.dias.ie
Office: +353 1 4406656 ext.342
Cell: +353 87 1091628
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Last Updated: 23rd May 2018 by mary
14 November 2016 – Are All Stars Created Equal? New findings by international team led by DIAS Astronomer
An international scientific team led by Dr. Alessio Caratti o Garatti from the Astronomy & Astrophysics Section of the School of Cosmic Physics here at DIAS, for the first time observed and analyzed an outburst from a high-mass young stellar object that was caused by material accreting onto the star.
Read the paper published in Nature Physics this week here : http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys3942.html
Press releases:
https://www.gemini.edu/node/12584
http://www.dsi.uni-stuttgart.de/aktuelles/news/news_0056.en.html
http://www.caha.es/a-startburst-reveals-the-formation-mechanism-of-massive-stars.html
Science Contacts:
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Email: alessio”at”cp.dias.ie
Office: +353 1 4406656 ext.342
Cell: +353 87 1091628
Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg
Email: stecklum”at”tls-tautenburg.de
Office: +49 36427 863
Cell: +49 179 38088401
Media Contact:
Gemini Observatory
Hilo, Hawai‘i
Email: pmichaud”at”gemini.edu
Cell: (808) 936-6643
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