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astro-ph2006★ 192 cited
Fragmentation of Massive Protostellar Disks
Kaitlin M. Kratter, Christopher D. Matzner
We examine whether massive-star accretion disks are likely to fragment due to self-gravity. Rapid accretion and high angular momentum push these disks toward fragmentation, whereas…
astro-ph2006★ 200 cited
The Global Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds. I: Model Formulation and Quasi-Equilibrium Behavior
Mark R. Krumholz, Christopher D. Matzner, Christopher F. McKee
We present semi-analytic dynamical models for giant molecular clouds evolving under the influence of HII regions launched by newborn star clusters. In contrast to previous work, we…