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Sally Oey studies the effects of massive stars on their host galaxies. Her research programs investigate runaway stars ejected from star clusters and the dynamics of tight binary systems. Oey's group characterizes the types of massive binary populations and explores the progenitors of gravitational wave events and gamma-ray bursters. A significant aspect of her work focuses on understanding how massive stars influence their environments, particularly in the context of the youngest and densest super star clusters. Oey is especially interested in the escape of ultraviolet ionizing radiation from systems associated with starburst galaxies and believes these processes illuminate the history of the cosmos. Notable achievements of Oey's team include determining that massive stars in star clusters often become runaways due to unstable orbital motions, supernova explosions, or interactions in binary systems. They have also discovered that 5% of field stars form in relative isolation and have found direct observational evidence that extremely young super star clusters lack strong superwinds, suggesting that radiation feedback dominates environmental effects over mechanical energy.
Institute of Astronomy/Cambridge, UK • Cambridge, UK
Space Telescope Science Institute/Baltimore, MD • Baltimore, MD
Lowell Observatory/Flagstaff, AZ • Flagstaff, AZ
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science