scholarly journals Multi-wavelength study of Galactic star-forming regions with near-infrared instruments on 2 - 4 meter class Indian telescopes

2021 ◽  
Vol 93 (suppl 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
DEVENDRA K. OJHA
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Multi Wavelength ◽  
Infrared Instruments

scholarly journals Shocked Molecular Hydrogen from Star Forming Regions

1987 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 181-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adair P. Lane ◽  
John Bally
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Young Stars ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Post Shock

Near infrared (2 micron) emission lines from molecular hydrogen provide a powerful probe of the morphology and energetics of outflows associated with stellar birth. The H2 emission regions trace the location of shock waves formed when the high velocity outflow from young stars encounters dense quiescent gas. Since H2 is the dominant coolant of the hot post-shock molecular gas, the H2 lines provide a measure of the fraction of the total mechanical luminosity radiated away from the cloud.

Deep Near-Infrared Surveys and Young Brown Dwarf Populations in Star-Forming Regions

2003 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
M. Tamura ◽  
T. Naoi ◽  
Y. Oasa ◽  
Y. Nakajima ◽  
C. Nagashima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Adaptive Optics ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Brown Dwarf ◽  
Ir Camera ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Infrared Surveys ◽  
Low Mass

We are currently conducting three kinds of IR surveys of star forming regions (SFRs) in order to seek for very low-mass young stellar populations. First is a deep JHKs-bands (simultaneous) survey with the SIRIUS camera on the IRSF 1.4m or the UH 2.2m telescopes. Second is a very deep JHKs survey with the CISCO IR camera on the Subaru 8.2m telescope. Third is a high resolution companion search around nearby YSOs with the CIAO adaptive optics coronagraph IR camera on the Subaru. In this contribution, we describe our SIRIUS camera and present preliminary results of the ongoing surveys with this new instrument.

scholarly journals The potential of using KMOS for multi-object massive star spectroscopy

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (S329) ◽  
pp. 454-454
Author(s):  
Michael Wegner ◽  
Ralf Bender ◽  
Ray Sharples ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Galactic Centre ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Spectral Bands ◽  
Galaxy Formation And Evolution ◽  
Potential Applications

AbstractKMOS, the “K-Band Multi-Object Spectrometer”, was built by a British-German consortium as a second generation instrument for the ESO Paranal Observatory. It is available to the user community since its successful commissioning in 2013 (Sharples et al. 2013). As a multi-object integral field spectrometer for the near infrared, KMOS offers 24 deployable IFUs of 2.8x2.8 arcsec and 14x14 spatial pixels each, which can either be placed individually within a 7.2 arcmin field of view or combined in a Mosaic mode in order to map contiguous fields on sky. The instrument covers the whole range of NIR atmospheric windows (0.8. . .2.5μm) with 5 spectral bands and a resolution of R ≈ 3000. . .4000.Although the main science driver for KMOS was to enable the study of galaxy formation and evolution through multiplexed observations of high-redshift galaxies, KMOS also already exhibited its tremendous potential for the spectroscopy of massive stars: A quantitative study of 27 RSGs in NGC 300 (Gazak et al. 2015) proves its applicability for the spectroscopy of individual stars even beyond the Local Group. A Mosaic observation of the Galactic centre (Feldmeier-Krause et al. 2015) demonstrates how spectra of early-type stars can be extracted from a contiguous field. Other applications include (but need not be limited to) velocity determinations of globular cluster stars, observations of jets/outflows of high mass protostars, or contiguous mapping of star-forming regions.We therefore aim at presenting the excellent capabilities of KMOS to a wider community and indicate potential applications.

scholarly journals Near Infrared Polarimetry of Dark Clouds and Star Forming Regions - Two Micron Polarization Survey of T Tauri Stars

1990 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 327-328
Author(s):  
M. Tamura ◽  
S. Sato
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Dark Clouds ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Stellar Sources ◽  
Geometrical Relationship ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Infrared polarimetry is one of the most useful methods to delineate the magnetic field structure in dark clouds and star-forming regions, where the intracloud extinction is so large that optical polarimetry is inaccessible. We have been conducting a near-infrared polarization survey of background field stars and embedded sources toward nearby dark clouds and star-forming regions (Tamura 1988). Particularly, the magnetic field structure in the denser regions of the clouds are well revealed in Heiles Cloud 2 in Taurus, ρ Oph core, and NGC1333 region in Perseus (Tamura et al. 1987; Sato et al. 1988; Tamura et al. 1988). This survey also suggests an interesting geometrical relationship between magnetic field and star-formation: the IR polarization of young stellar sources associated with mass outflow phenomena is perpendicular to the magnetic fields. This relationship suggests a presence of circumstellar matter (probably dust disk) with its plane perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field. Combining with another geometrical relationship that the elongation of the denser regions of the cloud is perpendicular to the magnetic field, the geometry suggests that the cloud contraction and subsequent star-formation have been strongly affected by the magnetic fields. Thus, it is important to study the universality of such geometrical relationship between IR polarization of young stellar sources and magnetic fields. In this paper, we report the results on a 2 micron polarization survey of 39 T Tauri stars, 8 young stellar objects and 11 background field stars in Taurus dark cloud complex.

scholarly journals A Two-Dimensional Near—Infrared Speckle Imaging Survey of T Tauri Stars in Taurus and Ophiuchus

1992 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
A. Ghez ◽  
G. Neugebauer ◽  
K. Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Binary Stars ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Angular Separation ◽  
Speckle Interferometry ◽  
T Tauri Stars ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Double Stars ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
T Tauri

AbstractWe present the results of a magnitude limited (K≤8.5 mag) multiplicity survey of T Tauri stars in the two nearest star forming regions, Taurus-Auriga and Ophiuchus-Scorpius (D = 150 pc), observable from the northern hemisphere. Each of the 70 stars in the sample was imaged at 2.2 μm using two-dimensional speckle interferometry resulting in a survey sensitive to binary stars with separations ranging from 0.″09 to about 2″.5.The frequency of double stars with separation in this range is 46±8%. A division between the classical T Tauri stars and the weak-lined T Tauri stars shows no distinction. Furthermore, no difference is observed between the binary frequencies in the two star forming regions although the clouds have very different properties.Given the limited angular separation range that this survey is sensitive to, both the spectroscopic and wide binaries will be missed. The rate at which binaries are detected suggests that most, if not all, T Tauri stars have companions.

IRAS Sources Associated With Small Nebulae in Star Forming Regions: Optical and Near Infrared Images

1997 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 1769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Tapia ◽  
Paolo Persi ◽  
Joaquin Bohigas ◽  
Marco Ferrari-Toniolo
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Images ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions

scholarly journals X-shooter and ALMA spectroscopy of GRB 161023A

2018 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. A119 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. de Ugarte Postigo ◽  
C. C. Thöne ◽  
J. Bolmer ◽  
S. Schulze ◽  
S. Martín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Nir Spectroscopy ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Molecular Features ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Luminous Objects

Context. Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are produced during the dramatic deaths of massive stars with very short lifetimes, meaning that they explode close to the birth place of their progenitors. Over a short period they become the most luminous objects observable in the Universe, being perfect beacons to study high-redshift star-forming regions. Aims. We aim to use the afterglow of GRB 161023A at a redshift z = 2.710 as a background source to study the environment of the explosion and the intervening systems along its line of sight. Methods. For the first time, we complement ultraviolet (UV), optical and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy with millimetre spectroscopy using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), which allows us to probe the molecular content of the host galaxy. The X-shooter spectrum shows a plethora of absorption features including fine-structure and metastable transitions of Fe, Ni, Si, C, and O. We present photometry ranging from 43 s to over 500 days after the burst. Results. We infer a host-galaxy metallicity of [Zn/H] = −1.11 ± 0.07, which, corrected for dust depletion, results in [X/H] = −0.94 ± 0.08. We do not detect molecular features in the ALMA data, but we derive limits on the molecular content of log(NCO/cm−2) < 15.7 and log(NHCO+/cm−-12, which are consistent with those that we obtain from the optical spectra, log(NH2/cm−2)< 15.2 and log(NCO/cm−2) < 14.5. Within the host galaxy, we detect three velocity systems through UV, optical and NIR absorption spectroscopy, all with levels that were excited by the GRB afterglow. We determine the distance from these systems to the GRB to be in the range between 0.7 and 1.0 kpc. The sight line to GRB 161023A shows nine independent intervening systems, most of them with multiple components. Conclusions. Although no molecular absorption was detected for GRB 161023A, we show that GRB millimetre spectroscopy is now feasible and is opening a new window on the study of molecular gas within star-forming galaxies at all redshifts. The most favoured lines of sight for this purpose will be those with high metallicity and dust.

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