6 papers
A Modified Conveyor Belt Model: Implications for Surface Density Thresholds for Massive Star Formation
Nicholas Larose, C. R. Kerton, Kathryn Devine +1
Recent models and simulations of cluster formation within molecular clumps consider multi-scale, hierarchical accretion, which leads to clump mass growth over time. This mode of ma…
The Milky Way Bulge Extra-Tidal Star Survey: NGC 6569
Joanne Hughes, Andrea Kunder, Kevin Covey +25
We present spectroscopic evidence for tidal debris associated with the bulge globular cluster NGC 6569, based on medium-resolution (R ~ 11,000) Anglo-Australian Telescope spectra o…
The Milky Way Project: Bridging Intermediate- and High-Mass Star Formation with the MIRION Catalog of Yellowballs
Kathryn Devine, Grace Wolf-Chase, C. R. Kerton +7
We describe the construction and use of the Mid-InfraRed Interstellar Objects and Nebulae (MIRION) catalog, which was compiled from 6176 objects identified as "yellowballs" (YBs) b…
Crowdsourcing Star-Formation Research and the Power of Participatory Science
Grace Wolf-Chase, Charles Kerton, Kathryn Devine +2
We review participatory science programs that have contributed to the understanding of star formation. The Milky Way Project (MWP), one of the earliest participatory science projec…
Automated Spectroscopic Wavelength Calibration using Dynamic Time Warping
James R. A. Davenport, Francisca Chabour Barra, K. Azalee Bostroem +14
Here we present an automated method for obtaining wavelength calibrations for one-dimensional spectra, using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW). DTW is a flexible and well-understood algor…
The Galactic Bulge exploration VI.: Gaia Enceladus/Sausage RR Lyrae stars in the inner-central stellar halo of the Milky Way
Andrea Kunder, Zdenek Prudil, Antonela Monachesi +6
We present a view of the stellar halo in the inner-central regions of the Milky Way (R <~ 10 kpc) mapped by RR Lyrae stars. The combined BRAVA-RR/APOGEE RR Lyrae catalog is used to…