Michael Ascher Kuhn

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I obtained my BA in Astrophysics from Swarthmore College and my PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from Penn State University (PSU), and I am currently a Fondecyt postdoctoral scholar at the Universidad de Valparaíso (UV).

My main interest is star-forming regions in the Milky Way Galaxy, which produce massive clusters of young stars. I worked on PSU’s MYStIX X-ray/infrared study of nearby star-forming regions, where we identified numerous new young stars and were able to derive new relations between star cluster properties. I continue related work at UV, making use of the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey and Chilean near-infrared spectroscopic facilities. I focus on properties of hierarchical star-cluster formation, the dynamics of young stellar clusters, and the dispersal of stars from these clusters into the Milky Way.

Áreas de interés

Star formation
Star clusters
X-ray and infrared astronomy
Astrostatistics

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Mi gran área de investigación es regiones de formación de estrellas en la Vía Láctea, las cuales generan grandes cúmulos de estrellas jóvenes. Trabajo en el estudio MYStIX X-ray/infrared de PSU de regiones cercanas de estrellas en formación, donde identificamos varias estrellas jóvenes nuevas y fuimos capaces de extraer nuevas relaciones entre las propiedades de cúmulos de estrellas. Sigo relacionado al trabajo de la UV, utilizando el survey Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) y las instalaciones espectroscópicas de infrarrojo cercano en Chile. Me concentro en las propiedades de la formación jerárquica de cúmulos de estrellas, dinámica de cúmulos estelares jóvenes y en la dispersión de estrellas desde estos cúmulos en la Vía Láctea.