SOFIA FORCAST Instrument Scientist at the SOFIA Science Center
PhD, University of Toledo
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Research

Protostellar formation and evolution, disk formation and evolution, outflow, magnetic fields, multiplicity, environmental influence on protostellar formation, dust polarization and grain chemistry, cluster dynamics and dispersal. I use high resolution infrared spectroscopy, radio interferometry, and polarization measurements.

publications

N. Karnath, S. T. Megeath, J. J. Tobin, A. Stutz, Z.-Y. Li, P. Sheehan, N. Reynolds, S. Sadavoy, I. W. Stephens, M. Osorio, G. Anglada, A. K. Diaz-Rodriguez, and E. Cox, "Detection of Irregular, Sub-MM Opaque Structures in the Orion Molecular Clouds: Protostars Within 10000 Years of Formation?" ApJ​, 890, 129K (2020)  [PDF link]

Tobin, J. J., Sheehan, P. D., Megeath, S. T., et al., "The VLA/ALMA Nascent Disk and Multiplicity (VANDAM) Survey of Orion Protostars. II. A Statistical Characterization of Class 0 and Class I Protostellar Disks" ApJ, 890, 130T (2020)

Tobin, J. J., Megeath, S. T., van't Hoff, M., et al., "The VLA/ALMA Nascent Disk and Multiplicity (VANDAM) Survey of Orion Protostars. I. Identifying and Characterizing the Protostellar Content of the OMC-2 FIR4 and OMC-2 FIR3 Regions" ApJ, 886, 6T (2019)

N. Karnath, J. K. Prchlik, R. A. Gutermuth, T. S. Allen, S. T. Megeath, J. L. Pipher, S. Wolk, and R. D. Jeffries, "The dynamics, structure, and fate of a young cluster during gas dispersal: Hectoschelle, Chandra, Spitzer, and Gaia observations of CEPOB3B" ApJ, 871, 46K (2019)

M. Simon, G. H. Schaefer, L. Prato, D. Ruiz-Rodriguez, N. Karnath, O. G. Franz, and L. H. Wasserman, "Masses and Distance of the Young Binary NTTS 045251+3016," Astrophys. J. 773, 28 (2013)

N. Karnath, L. Prato, L. H. Wasserman, G. Torres, B. A. Skiff, and R. D. Mathieu, "Orbital parameters for the two young binaries VSB 111 and VSB 126" Astron. J. 146, 149 (2013)