Research Projects

  1. Ammonia Gas in High-mass Star Forming Regions
  2. Fragmentation and High-mass Star Formation in the IRDC G28.53-0.25
  3. Unveiling Deeply-Embedded Protostellar Population in the Central Molecular Zone

Publications

  1. Lu, X., Zhang, Q., Wang, K., & Gu, Q., Initial Fragmentation in the Infrared Dark Cloud G28.53-0.25, accepted to ApJ. arXiv:1503.08797
  2. Zhang, Q., Wang, K., Lu, X., & Jiménez-Serra, I., Fragmentation of Molecular Clumps and Formation of Protocluster, accepted to ApJ. arXiv:1503.03017
  3. Lu, X., Zhang, Q., Liu, H. B., Wang, J., & Gu, Q., Very Large Array Observations of Ammonia in High-mass Star Formation Regions, 2014, ApJ, 790, 84. ADS link

Talks and Posters

  • Talk: TBD, AAS core meeting, 2014
  • Talk: TBD, ISMS, Urbana-Champagne, 2014
  • Poster: TBD, SMA A Decade of Discovery, 2014
  • Talk: TBD, AAS 229 Boston, 2014
  • Talk: Star Formation Journal Clubs, 2014
  • Talk: Pre-doctoral Annual Committee Meeting, 2014
  • Talk: IRDC Filaments Group Meeting, 2014
  • Talk: CMZ preliminary results, SMA Science Meeting, 2014
  • Talk: Progress on VLA Ammonia Sample, SMA Science Meeting, 2014
  • Poster: SMA Observations of Massive Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone, IAU Synposium 303, Santa Fe, NM, 2013
  • Talk: Pre-doctoral Annual Committee Meeting, 2013

Successful PI Regular Proposals

  • SMA, 2015A, "Deeply Embedded Protostars in the Central Molecular Zone"
  • JCMT, 15A, "Convergent Flows and High-mass Star Formation in Filamentary Clouds"
  • IRAM 30m, 2014 winter, "Filamentary Structure, Infall Convergent Flow and Massive Star Formation"
  • SMA, 2014B, "Massive Star Formation in Progress in Filamentary Clouds"
  • SMA, 2013B, "Sgr B2: A Star-forming Cloud in the Central Molecular Zone"
  • SMA, 2013B, "Gas Kinematics in Filamentary Infrared Dark Clouds"
  • SMA, 2013A, "High-mass Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone"
  • SMA, 2012B, "Gas Kinematics and Condensations in Filamentary Infrared Dark Clouds"

Participated Large Scale Proposals

  • SMA, PIs: C. Battersby & E. Keto, 2014-2015, "The SMA Legacy Survey of the Central Molecular Zone"

Observing Experience

  • SMA, on-site observing, Mauna Kea, HI, September 2014
  • CSO, remote observing, Cambridge, MA, April 2014
  • CARMA, on-site observing, Big Pine, CA, July 2012 (during CARMA summer school)
  • SMA, on-site observing, Mauna Kea, HI, June 2012
  • DLH 13.7m telescope, on-site observing, Delingha, Qinghai, China, January 2012