University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Department of Astronomy

You-Hua Chu




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Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1981
chu at astro.uiuc.edu

I have been using the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) as a laboratory to study the structuring of the interstellar medium by massive stars, the subsequent massive star formation triggered by large interstellar shells, and their implications on galaxy evolution. The LMC is the only galaxy in which interstellar structures and their underlying massive stellar population can be studied with high resolution across the entire galaxy. Studies of astrophysical processes in the LMC help us understand better our Milky Way galaxy as well as distant galaxies. The observing facilities I have used for these studies include Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, ROSAT X-ray satellite, ASCA X-ray satellite, Chandra X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton X-ray satellite, Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic explorer, and Australia Telescope Compact Array.

Selected Recent Publications of Chu: (Click here for a complete list.)

"Supernova Remnants in OB Associations" 
Chu, Y.-H. 
1997, AJ, 113, 1815. 

"ROSAT HRI Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud"
Chu, Y.-H., and Snowden, S.L. 
1998, AN, 319, 101

"Morphology and Physical Structure of the Interstellar Medium"
Chu, Y.-H. 
1999, Ap&SS, 269, 441

"A Search for Jovian Planets around Hot White Dwarfs"
Chu, Y.-H., Dunne, B.C., Gruendl, R.A., Brandner, W. 
2001, ApJ, 546, L61

"Chandra Reveals the X-ray Glint in the Cat's Eye"
Chu, Y.-H., Guerrero, M.A., Gruendl, R.A., Williams, R.M., Kaler, J.B.
2001, ApJ, 553, L69
Updated: 2001 June 7