Andy Boden
Michelson Science Center
California Institute of Technology

Abstract

Spying on Young Stars (at High Angular Resolution)

Over the last decade observations of young stars has been among the most active areas in long-baseline interferometry.  With the first observations of pre-main sequence (PMS) stars at PTI and IOTA in the late 1990s, this sub-field has emerged to fundamentally change our view of the inner disks around young stars, and to provide vitally-needed constraints on PMS evolutionary models. In my talk I will outline many of the important contributions in PMS physics made by long-baseline interferometers, and discuss possible future opportunities for the technique to advance our understanding of star formation and PMS evolution.