Ph.D. Thesis of Jinyoung Serena Kim (Dec., 2002)

Thesis advisor: Frederick M. Walter (SUNY Stony Brook)

  • AAS disseration talk (Seattle Jan., 2003) Oral presentation (in html)

  • Presentation at the Gordon Conference (July, 2003) (poster in pdf)

  • Abstract submitted to the Star Formation News Letter (ps file)


  • Chapter 0 - Cover and Contents

    • Chapter 0 (pdf) / Chapter 0 (ps)

  • Chapter 1 - Introduction

    • Chapter 1 (pdf) / Chapter 1 (ps)

  • Chapter 2 - The Gum Nebula and Cometary Globules

    • Chapter 2 (pdf) / Chapter 2 (ps)

  • Chapter 3 - Observations

    • Chapter 3 (pdf) / Chapter 3 (ps)

  • Chapter 4 - Cometary Globule Complex CG30/31/38: I. Photometry

    • Chapter 4 (pdf) / Chapter 4 (ps)

  • Chapter 5 - Cometary Globule Complex CG30/31/38: II. Spectroscopy

    • Chapter 5 (pdf) / Chapter 5 (ps)

  • Chapter 6 - Photometric Studies of CG4/6/SA101

    • Chapter 6 (pdf) / Chapter 6 (ps)

  • Chapter 7 - Summary (References are here)

    • Chapter 7 (pdf) / Chapter 7 (ps)

  • Appendix - Appendix and Glossary

    • Appendix (pdf) / Appendix (ps)

    Comments, suggestions? please email to Serena Kim.

    (background H alpha image credit: Gaustad et al. 2001)

    Note: Other regions studied, but not included in the thesis:
    in the Gum Nebula: CG10, SA111;
    in Vela Molecular Ridge: RCW27, RCW33