ccat and star formation derek ward-thompson cardiff university ccat meeting 13/09/06
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CCAT and Star formation
Derek Ward-Thompson
Cardiff University
CCAT meeting 13/09/06
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Where we are
• The greatest advance SCUBA has given to star formation studies is wide-field sub-mm astronomy.
• SCUBA-2 will give us an even greater lead in this area.
• JCMT will close in 2012.
• Where do we go after that?
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Orion with SCUBA-1
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Orion core mass function
Nutter & W-T 2006 MN submitted
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SCUBA-2 mapping area
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Oph-Sco with SCUBA-2
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Statistics give us:
• Core mass functions
• Statistical lifetimes of pre-stellar and protostellar stages
• This then leads to accretion rates
• Which allows us to choose between various star formation model scenarios
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SEDs of protostars & prestellar cores
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SEDs of L1544 & L1498
Ward-Thompson et al (2002) MNRAS 329, 257
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Why study 200 microns?
• Peak of 15K black-body
• Cold dust is brightest there
• Optimal wavelength to study:
Proto-stars
Pre-stellar cores
Embedded clusters
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THz sky transmission
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Weather statistics
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Tau relation (Thumper)
Ward-Thompson et al 2005 MNRAS 364, 843
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Previous measurements (Chile)
tau(1500) = (105+/-32) * tau(220)
(Matsushita et al 1999, PASJ, 51, 603)
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Previous measurements (South pole)
The TREND team ( Gerecht et al, 2003, 14th THz ISS; Chamberlin et al 2002, SPIE, 4855-83)
Tau(1500) = (100 +/- 20) * tau(225)
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First Thumper data - map of Jupiter
Ward-Thompson et al 2005 MNRAS 364, 843
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CCAT:
• Would continue the UK’s interest in wide-field sub-mm astronomy through the next decade
• Would allow us to build on our JCMT SCUBA-1 & 2 expertise
• Would give us 2-4 arcsec resolution over very wide fields - rather than the current 14 arcsec
• Would give us access to wavelengths where prestellar cores and protostars emit most of their energy