Where, Exactly, do Stars Form? (and how can SOFIA help with the answer)
On a galactic scale
Where, exactly, do stars form?
ìStar Formationî
Spectral-Line1 Maps of Molecular Clouds Learning More from ìToo Muchî Data
The Spectral Correlation Function
How the SCF Works
Goals of ìSCFî Project
Application of the SCF
SCF Distributions
Prelimary Insights from the SCF Rosolowsky, Goodman, Williams & Wilner 1999
Which one of these is not like the others?
Can the SCF describe gas physically?
Q. Can the SCF find Star-Forming Gas? A. Empirically, but thatís not good enough.
Coherent Cores: ìIslands of Calm in a Turbulent Seaî
Types of Line width-Size Relations
Evidence for Coherence
The Latest Evidence for Coherence
Coherent Dense Core
Much molecular cloud material is ìchaffî
The Cause of Coherence?
Connecting "Continuum" & "Spectral-line" Maps
"Continuum" Information
Keep in MindÖ ...Warm Dust DOMINATES at 100 mm
Connecting "continuum" & spectral line maps: Help from SOFIA
Connecting "continuum" & spectral line maps: Help from SOFIA = Resolution
Connecting "continuum" & spectral line maps: The Dream
What should you do now?
Author: Alyssa Goodman
Email: agoodman@cfa.harvard.edu
Home Page: cfa-www.harvard.edu/~agoodman
Other information: Presented at SOFIA Star Formation Workshop, UC Santa Cruz, July 13, 1999
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