The University of Western Ontario

$22,000.00 CAD

≈ 3 months of average Canadian pay

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2023-2024
Agreement period: February 27, 2024 – March 31, 2027
Reference: csa-asc:003-2023-2024-Q4-00101

Published purpose

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data. This project will study an externally illuminated proplyd using NIRSpec and MIRI in order to determine the effects of a FUV-dominant environment on protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation. The observations will spatially resolve the disk, neutral cocoon, and ionization front, providing key line and PAHs diagnostics to trace the physical conditions chemical composition and abundances under the effect of external FUV radiation.

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