Program: GN-2008A-Q-6

We propose to observe a selection of protostars in the 7.7 $\mu$m Si-1 band with the Michelle instrument on the Gemini-North telescope. These objects have shown morphologies observed in scattered light with the IRAC instrument on the \textit{Spitzer Space Telescope} that cannot be explained by the standard models of protostellar collapse. Scattered light observations with Michelle will enable us to resolve the structure of the inner protostellar envelope with high resolution imaging. By constraining the shape of the inner envelope structure, we will be able to determine what processes are shaping the inner envelope, whether it is outflow/infall interactions, binary accretion, or some new effect. These observations will help us better understand protostar and protostellar disk formation.