Dr. Abigail J. Frost

Dr. Abigail J. Frost

Astrophysicist studying massive stars and star formation

Publications

Unveiling the traits of massive young stellar objects through amulti-scale survey

Published in A&A, 2021

This paper describes a multi-scale survey of a sample of MYSOs. By applying a multi-scale methodology including RT modelling, interferometry imaging and spectral energy distributions we probed eight MYSOs in depth, allowing the disks, outflows and envelopes of a variety of MYSOs to be determined. We find that a number of the disks in the MYSOs show cleared inner regions implying something (potentially photoevaporation or binary interaction) is disrupting material beyond the sublimation radius for these sources.

Recommended citation: tbd, accepted/in press

A multi-scale exploration of a massive young stellar object. A transition disk around G305.20+0.21?

Published in A&A, 2019

This paper describes a multi-scale study of an MYSO which encorporated N-band interferometry, Q-band imaging, spectral energy distributions and 3D radiative transfer modelling. By fitting the three observables to one RT model simultaneously, the MYSO environment was probed at 0.01”, 0.1” and as a whole, which allowed the inner disc to be probed and characteristics analgous to the transitions discs around low-mass stars to be detected.

Recommended citation: Frost, A. J. (2019). 625A 44F A\&A/i>. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019A%26A...625A..44F/abstract</p> </article> </div>