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Contact: Christine Wilson
wilson@physics.mcmaster.ca
905-525-9140 x274831
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Vancouver, B.C. (Wednesday, February 15, 2012) The galaxy Arp 220 is home to several giant star clustersabout 10 million solar massesthat are twice as massive as any comparable star cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy. McMaster University's Christine Wilson is captivated by this turbulent galaxy that provides such a target-rich environment for watching stars form.
The reason that star formation is going wild is that the galaxy is in the late stages of a merger between two larger galaxies. "This is a nearby look at a phenomenon that was common in the early universe, when many galaxies were merging," says Wilson.
At this week's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver, Wilson will be presenting findings on Arp 220's dazzling rate of star formation200 times faster than our own Milky Way. What's more, it's all happening in a much smaller space. The star forming core of Arp 220 is only about 3,000 light years across, compared to our own galaxy which measures about 60,000 light years.
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, an orbiting telescope, Wilson's group has found Arp 220 to have large amounts of very warm molecular hydrogen gas, a surprising find that implies molecular hydrogen is the dominant coolant in the high-temperature gas. Wilson's team has also observed a massive wind from the centre of the galaxy, removing molecular gas from the central star forming core.
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Wilson will present her group's findings at the AAAS symposium The Life Cycle of Matter in Galaxies: Results from the Herschel Space Observatory that will take place on Saturday, February 18, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., in Room 109 of the Vancouver Convention Centre West Building. On Friday, February 17, Wilson will also give a talk on the use of high-resolution imaging to study the earliest phases of star and star cluster formation.
Wilson's research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Contacts:
Christine Wilson
McMaster University
Tel.: (until noon Feb. 16)
1-905-525-9140 x274831
E-mail: wilson@physics.mcmaster.ca
Arnet Sheppard
NSERC
Tel. : 1-613-410-7592
E-mail: arnet.sheppard@nserc-crsng.gc.ca
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AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
[ | E-mail |
Contact: Christine Wilson
wilson@physics.mcmaster.ca
905-525-9140 x274831
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Vancouver, B.C. (Wednesday, February 15, 2012) The galaxy Arp 220 is home to several giant star clustersabout 10 million solar massesthat are twice as massive as any comparable star cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy. McMaster University's Christine Wilson is captivated by this turbulent galaxy that provides such a target-rich environment for watching stars form.
The reason that star formation is going wild is that the galaxy is in the late stages of a merger between two larger galaxies. "This is a nearby look at a phenomenon that was common in the early universe, when many galaxies were merging," says Wilson.
At this week's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver, Wilson will be presenting findings on Arp 220's dazzling rate of star formation200 times faster than our own Milky Way. What's more, it's all happening in a much smaller space. The star forming core of Arp 220 is only about 3,000 light years across, compared to our own galaxy which measures about 60,000 light years.
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, an orbiting telescope, Wilson's group has found Arp 220 to have large amounts of very warm molecular hydrogen gas, a surprising find that implies molecular hydrogen is the dominant coolant in the high-temperature gas. Wilson's team has also observed a massive wind from the centre of the galaxy, removing molecular gas from the central star forming core.
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Wilson will present her group's findings at the AAAS symposium The Life Cycle of Matter in Galaxies: Results from the Herschel Space Observatory that will take place on Saturday, February 18, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., in Room 109 of the Vancouver Convention Centre West Building. On Friday, February 17, Wilson will also give a talk on the use of high-resolution imaging to study the earliest phases of star and star cluster formation.
Wilson's research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Contacts:
Christine Wilson
McMaster University
Tel.: (until noon Feb. 16)
1-905-525-9140 x274831
E-mail: wilson@physics.mcmaster.ca
Arnet Sheppard
NSERC
Tel. : 1-613-410-7592
E-mail: arnet.sheppard@nserc-crsng.gc.ca
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AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/nsae-tsf021512.php
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