Dr. Andrea Stolte
University of California, Los Angeles
430, Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547
phone: +1-310-825-4782
email: astolte at astro.ucla.edu
Research interests:
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Formation and dynamical evolution of young, massive star clusters
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Starburst clusters and their environment: the Galactic center and spiral arms
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Orbital motion of the Galactic center Arches cluster
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Present-day and initial stellar mass function in starburst clusters
Available PhD thesis projects:
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Proper motion membership and spectral classification in starburst clusters:
constructing an unbiased initial stellar mass function
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Cluster formation and dynamical evolution near the Galactic center:
the orbital motion and tidal disruption of the Arches and Quintuplet clusters
(please contact me for further information)
Publications
(Link in ADS)
Links
Astronomical projects and research groups:
UCLA GC group
Astrophysics
at the
1. Physikalisches Institut
of the University of Cologne
MPIA Star & Planet formation group
FEMS project by Arjan Bik and Elena Puga
FLAMINGOS survey of giant molecular clouds
Observatories:
ESO
and
VLT
, Paranal, Chile
Keck Observatory
, Hawai’i
Kitt Peak National Observatory
, Arizona
Gemini Observatory
Links to Astronomy Education:
Universe Awareness
ESO Catch a star
International Year of Astronomy 2009
Starbirth picture book
Curriculum Vitae
Talk Santiago 2008:
Young, massive clusters in the Galactic center
(pdf 5.5 Mb)