SHIPsProposal

Abstract

A short, one or two paragraph, summary of the main points:

• Scientific goals of the proposal
• Proposed observations

Science Introduction and Context

Topics to consider when writing this section.

• Background -- The broad picture.
  • Why is star-formation important? (LYNN)
  • What do we know about star-formation. We will likely trim this to suit our goals as the proposal matures? (LYNN)
  • How does triggered star formation work? How does it fit in the overall context of star-formation? (LYNN)
  • What are the big unknowns? (LYNN)

Reading List

Paper	Title	Description	Comments	Assignment
NITARP pages	Our internal NITARP pages from Luisa, me and others. These are okay because they do comprise your source of knowledge on the subject.
Zinnecker & Yorke (2007)	Toward Understanding Massive Star Formation	Review article on massive star formation	May need to get a free copy.
Dunham et al. (2008)	Identifying the Low-Luminosity Population of Embedded Protostars in the c2d Observations of Clouds and Cores
Evans et al. (2009)	The Spitzer c2d Legacy Results: Star-Formation Rates and Efficiencies; Evolution and Lifetimes

• This work
  • What aspect of star formation will we address in this work? (PEGGY)

Reading List

Paper	Title	Description	Comments	Assignment

• Target (An important part of carrying on the work).
  • What target did we pick?
  • Why this target?
  • What is known in the literation?

Reading List

Paper	Title	Description	Comments	Assignment
Guetter & Turner (1997)	IC 1590, A Young Cluster Embedded in the Nebulosity of NGC 281
Megeath & Wilson (1997)	The NGC 281 west cluster. I. Star formation in photoevaporating clumps.

• • What do we expect to find based on above?
• What Observations do we propose to do?
  • What diagnostics will we use?

Reading List

Paper	Title	Description	Comments	Assignment

Analysis plan

Specifics about data and what to do with the data.

• How will the data be readied for this study? (Technical term: reduced, or processed).
• Ancillary data
  • Where will we get our data?
  • How will we supplement our data?
  • How will we combine data?

Reading List

Paper	Title	Description	Comments	Assignment

• What tools will we use?
  • To work with the data
  • To produce the diagnostic plots.

Reading List

Paper	Title	Description	Comments	Assignment

Educational/Outreach plan

• The education angle for the general public.
• Implication for public education?
• Press release?
• Image release?