Research Projects
- Ammonia Gas in High-mass Star Forming Regions
- Fragmentation and High-mass Star Formation in the IRDC G28.53-0.25
- Unveiling Deeply-Embedded Protostellar Population in the Central Molecular Zone
Publications
- 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
- Zhang, Q., Wang, K., Lu, X., & Jiménez-Serra, I., Fragmentation of Molecular Clumps and Formation of Protocluster, accepted to ApJ. arXiv:1503.03017
- 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
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