This $110,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a postdoctoral fellowship for Sabrina Marbut Appel at the American Museum of Natural History. The project will study how stars form from dense clouds of interstellar gas, with a focus on understanding the impact of protostellar jets produced by newly forming stars on star cluster formation and evolution. Appel will conduct numerical simulations to test key hypotheses about the role of these jets in star formation, and also develop curriculum modules for teaching computational astrophysics at the high school level. This research aims to deepen our understanding of the origins of stars, including our own Sun, and the broader impacts include advancing science education. No sub-awards are planned under this grant, which has an award date of September 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2027.
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