SHIPsProposal

SHIPs Proposal

Abstract

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

• What do we intend to do?
• Why is it important?
• How will we do it?

Science Introduction and Context

Topics to consider when writing this section.

• Background
  • What is the scientific context of the work?
  • Why is this important?
  • What is known, and not known?

Reading List

Paper	Title	Description	Comments	Assignment
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 the "unknown" will we address in this work?
  • Why is this interesting? How will it help?

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?

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

Educational/Outreach plan

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