Surveys+of+Nearby+Star+Forming+Regions+mini-workshop

Description:
During this week, several observers will visit KITP. The focus will be on the impact of large surveys on the study of Galactic star formation. Observers will give Seminars intended both for each other and for theorist. In addition, a key goal is to discuss what observations & simulations are best matched to each other in terms of testing physical theories. One approach to think about is the "Taste-Testing" paradigm described at the "Star Formation Taste Tests" [|Basecamp]. (If you're not already signed up for that Basecamp, email Sarah Block & we'll fix that.)khaula

Here's a summary page from our workshop that discusses the "3 KITP Questions" (OK, actually 4) that we proposed more work on at end of the week...
...and, here's the longer list of Questions Åake Nordlund started back in August.


 * Schedule below is //Final//, as of 11/5.07.**


 * ===Day=== || ===Who=== || ===Description=== || ===When &===

Where
|| Goodman || **Survey Summaries & Status, Part 1: COMPLETE & c2d & Taste-Testing** SSR || Megeath Padgett Schnee || **Survey Summaries & Status, Part 2: Taurus & Clusters** AUD || Myers Falgarone Crutcher || **9 AM:** **Taste-Testing Get-Together** (Shetty, in the SSR)
 * Monday (11/5) || Goodman Evans || **Opening Session**
 * **Part 1: What do we hope to discuss this week?** (Goodman, 10 min.)
 * **Part 2: Evolution and Star Formation Rates in Nearby Molecular Clouds Studied by the Spitzer c2d Project** (Evans, 35 min + Q&A) || 3:40 PM AUD ||
 * Tuesday (11/6) || Enoch
 * **COMPLETE (**Goodman et al., 30 min)
 * **c2d** (Enoch, 30 min)
 * **45 minute discussion** over coffee, in SSR (optional for non-surveyors) || 9:30 AM
 * Wednesday (11/7) || Goldsmith
 * **Structure of the Molecular Gas in Taurus Revealed by High Spatial Dynamic Range Spectral Line Mapping** (Goldsmith, 20 min)
 * **The wonders of TMC-1C** (Schnee, 10 min)
 * **Mapping the Taurus Molecular Clouds with the Spitzer Space Telescope** (Padgett, 20 min)
 * **Spitzer Surveys of the Nearest Massive Star Forming Clouds** (Megeath, 25 min)
 * Followed by **group lunch** **discussion** (1 hr) on most pressing questions.//Note on timing:// 5-10 min discussion for each of above+ 10 min general Q&A at the end of all 4 gives ~2 hours total before lunch. || 10:00 AM
 * Thursday (11/8) || Shetty

Main Event: **Why Do Core Mass Functions Resemble the IMF?** (Myers, 30 min+Q&A) Followed by a short talk on what to extract from cloud molecular line surveys -- Falgarone, and a short talk on Magnetic Field Surveying, by Crutcher (TBC) //Leave rest of this day open for "spontaneously organized" discussions. No additional presentations.// || main meeting at 9:30 AM SSR || AUD ||
 * Friday (11/9) || Myers, all || **Wrap-up: What did we learn this week?** (15 min. Myers' comments, 30 min discussion, followed by optional lunch at ~12:15) || 11:30 AM

The [|COMPLETE] (COordinated Molecular Probe Line Extinction Thermal Emission) Survey of Star-Forming Regions

 * Jaime Pineda, [|Alyssa Goodman], [|Scott Schnee], Jens Kauffmann, Rahul Shetty

[|c2d] (From Molecular Cores to Planet Forming Disks), A Spitzer Legacy Survey

 * Phil Myers, [|Neal Evans], [|Melissa Enoch]

Taurus Surveys

 * **[|FCRAO]:** Paul Goldsmith (schedule seminar on Wednesday, Nov. 7)
 * **[|Spitzer]:** Deborah Padgett

Survey of the Nearest GMCs forming High Mass Stars

 * **Spitzer Orion, CepOB3 and Mon R2 Cloud Surveys** Tom Megeath

Talks:

 * //Structure of the Molecular Gas in Taurus Revealed by High Spatial Dynamic Range Spectral Line Mapping//, Paul Goldsmith
 * //Evolution and Star Formation Rates in Nearby Molecular Clouds Studied by the Spitzer c2d Project//, Neal Evans
 * //Why Do Core Mass Functions Resemble the IMF?,// Phil Myers
 * //Mapping the Taurus Molecular Clouds with the Spitzer Space Telescope//, Deborah Padgett
 * //Spitzer Surveys of the Nearest Massive Star Forming Clouds//, Tom Megeath

Contact Information:
agoodman@cfa.harvard.edu, schnee@phobos.caltech.edu, nje@bubba.as.utexas.edu, menoch@astro.berkeley.edu, megeath@physics.utoledo.edu, jkauffmann@cfa.harvard.edu, sblock@cfa.harvard.edu, rshetty@cfa.harvard.edu, jpineda@cfa.harvard.edu, Paul.F.Goldsmith@jpl.nasa.gov, dlp@ipac.caltech.edu, jfoster@cfa.harvard.edu, pmyers@cfa.harvard.edu