Michael R. Meyer, M. Andersen, D. Apai, J. Greissl, P. Hinz, M. Kenworthy, C. Kulesa, D. McCarthy, W. Schlingman, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona with Bruce Wilking, UM-St. Louis, and Lori Allen, CfA Searching for Our Origins: Star and Planet Formation with the MMT
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Michael R. Meyer, M. Andersen, D. Apai, J. Greissl, P. Hinz, M. Kenworthy, C. Kulesa, D. McCarthy, W. Schlingman, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona.
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Michael R. Meyer, M. Andersen, D. Apai, J. Greissl, P. Hinz, M. Kenworthy, C.
Kulesa, D. McCarthy, W. Schlingman, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
with Bruce Wilking, UM-St. Louis, and Lori Allen, CfA
Searching for Our Origins: Star and Planet Formation with the MMT
To understand chemical evolution. Interpret the integrated light of other
galaxies. Constrain contribution to baryonic
dark matterThe shape of the initial mass function provides
crucial information concerning the origins of
stellar masses.
● Are there characteristic masses?● Is the IMF truly universal?
Why Study the IMF?
Red Channel Spectrum of Young Brown Dwarf in rho Oph with OLD MMT
Wilking, Greene, and Meyer, 1999, AJ, 117, 469.
FLAMINGOS Imaging of Rho Oph with the new MMT
Wilking, Meyer, and Allen (2006).
Near-IR Color-Magnitude Diagram and PMS H-R Diagram
FLAMINGOS on the MMT (Wilking, Meyer, and Allen)
FLAMINGOS on the MMT (Wilking, Meyer, and Allen)
Color_1
Col
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Star+Dust Star+
Dust+Disk
Star
Star+Disk
FSPEC on the NEW MMT Effects of Surface Gravity on Near-IR Spectra