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Investigating the Clustering of Massive Star Formations in Giant H II Regions

Zaina Tarafder
Next CAS Meeting
Wednesday, September 4th
McCormick Observatory at 7 pm
We will discuss results from our analysis of massive star formation in Milky Way Giant H II (GH II) regions W49A and W51A utilizing the archival 19 and 37 μm images obtained by the FORCAST instrument on SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) of both regions, combined with archival Herschel and Spitzer-IRAC images. We constructed the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of compact sources to estimate the properties of sources, such as their protostellar mass, core mass, clump surface density, and bolometric luminosity.
Zaina Tarafder CV
UVA Undergraduate Student, Department of Astronomy
Research Interests: Computational/Theoretical Astrophysics, Cosmology, Stellar/Galaxy, Galaxy Formation & Evolution, Black Holes, and Gravitational Lensing
Virginia Initiative on Cosmic Origins (VICO) Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
May 2023 - present
Studying the clustering of massive star formation under Dr. Jonathan Tan & Dr. Yichen Zhang
Findings presented at AAS 243 Winter meeting; publishing paper as primary author
Research Assistant, Craig Sarazin Group (UVA), Charlottesville, VA Jan 2023 - May 2023
Performed data analysis using X2Go and Js9 Software on X-Ray Observations of High Redshift Galaxy Clusters collected by the Chandra X-Ray Telescope