High Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopy of Star Formation  Regions
{'Code': '03020400', 'Directorate': {'LongName': 'Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien'}, 'Division': {'LongName': 'Division Of Astronomical Sciences'}}
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This award supports research concerning young stellar objects and               especially their circumstellar disks.  What are the disks'                      masses, shapes, rotation curves, and particle sizes?  The                       research includes infrared speckle imaging of regions of ongoing                star and planet formation, imaging at millimeter wavelengths,                   continuation of infrared spectroscopic observations of molecular                and atomic hydrogen lines, and some theoretical interpretation.                                                                                                 Young stars form out of shrinking clouds of gas and dust.  Much                 gas and dust remains behind, possibly forming a planetary system.               Beckwith has developed the techniques for state-of-the-art                      accurate mapping of the gas and dust disks surrounding young                    stars.  He has already mapped the disk surrounding the star HL                  Tauri which may resemble our solar system at the time of its                    formation.  He will use even more refined techniques to observe                 the circumstellar materials of other stars in both infrared and                 radio wavelengths.
{'FirstName': 'Steven', 'LastName': 'Beckwith', 'EmailAddress': None, 'StartDate': '05/15/1988', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'Cornell University', 'CityName': 'Ithaca', 'ZipCode': '148502820', 'PhoneNumber': '6072555014', 'StreetAddress': '373 Pine Tree Road', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'New York', 'StateCode': 'NY'}
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