Publications (4)
The Life and Times of Star-Forming Cores: an Analysis of Dense Gas in the STARFORGE Simulations
Stella S. R. Offner, Josh Taylor, Michael Y. Grudic
Dense gas in molecular clouds is an important signature of ongoing and future star formation. We identify and track dense cores in the STARFORGE simulations, following the core evo…
Turbulence, Coherence and Collapse: Three Phases for Core Evolution
Stella S. R. Offner, Josh Taylor, Carleen Markey +6
We study the formation, evolution and collapse of dense cores by tracking structures in a magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a star-forming cloud. We identify cores using the dendro…
Convex optimization of bioprocesses
Josh Taylor, Alain Rapaport, Denis Dochain
We optimize a general model of bioprocesses, which is nonconvex due to the microbial growth in the biochemical reactors. We formulate a convex relaxation and give conditions guaran…
Second-order cone optimization of the gradostat
Josh Taylor, Alain Rapaport
We maximize the production of biogas in a gradostat at steady state. The physical decision variables are the water, substrate, and biomass entering each tank and the flows through…