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The structure of molecular clouds and the universality of the clump mass function
Rowan J. Smith, Paul C. Clark, Ian A. Bonnell
Using an SPH simulation of a star-forming region in a molecular cloud, we show that the emergence of a clump mass function (CMF) resembling the stellar initial mass function (IMF)…
Open questions in the study of population III star formation
S. C. O. Glover, P. C. Clark, T. H. Greif +4
The first stars were key drivers of early cosmic evolution. We review the main physical elements of the current consensus view, positing that the first stars were predominantly ver…
The formation of the first galaxies and the transition to low-mass star formation
Thomas H. Greif, Dominik R. G. Schleicher, Jarrett L. Johnson +6
The formation of the first galaxies at redshifts z ~ 10-15 signaled the transition from the simple initial state of the universe to one of ever increasing complexity. We here revie…
Gravitational fragmentation and the formation of brown dwarfs in stellar clusters
Ian A. Bonnell, Paul C. Clark, Matthew R. Bate
We investigate the formation of brown dwarfs and very low-mass stars through the gravitational fragmentation of infalling gas into stellar clusters. The gravitational potential of…
The ISM in spiral galaxies: can cooling in spiral shocks produce molecular clouds?
Clare Dobbs, Simon Glover, Paul Clark +1
We investigate the thermodynamics of the ISM and the formation of molecular hydrogen through numerical simulations of spiral galaxies. The model follows the chemical, thermal and d…
The star formation efficiency and its relation to variations in the initial mass function
Paul C. Clark, Ian A. Bonnell, Ralf S. Klessen
We investigate how the dynamical state of a turbulently supported, 1000 solar mass, molecular cloud affects the properties of the cluster it forms, focusing our discussion on the s…