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Modes of star formation from Herschel
Leonardo Testi, Eli Bressert, S. Longmore
We summarize some of the results obtained from Herschel surveys of the nearby star forming regions and the Galactic plane. We show that in the nearby star forming regions the starl…
Can habitable planets form in clustered environments?
M. de Juan Ovelar, J. M. D. Kruijssen, E. Bressert +3
We present observational evidence of environmental effects on the formation and evolution of planetary systems. We combine catalogues of resolved protoplanetary discs (PPDs) and yo…
How to Find Young Massive Cluster Progenitors
Eli Bressert, Adam Ginsburg, Cara Battersby +3
We propose that bound, young massive stellar clusters form from dense clouds that have escape speeds greater than the sound speed in photo-ionized gas. In these clumps, radiative f…
Variations in the Galactic star formation rate and density thresholds for star formation
S. N. Longmore, J. Bally, L. Testi +11
The conversion of gas into stars is a fundamental process in astrophysics and cosmology. Stars are known to form from the gravitational collapse of dense clumps in interstellar mol…
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. VII. A low velocity dispersion for the young massive cluster R136
V. Hénault-Brunet, C. J. Evans, H. Sana +8
Detailed studies of resolved young massive star clusters are necessary to determine their dynamical state and evaluate the importance of gas expulsion and early cluster evolution.…
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey VI: Evidence for rotation of the young massive cluster R136
V. Hénault-Brunet, M. Gieles, C. J. Evans +8
Although it has important ramifications for both the formation of star clusters and their subsequent dynamical evolution, rotation remains a largely unexplored characteristic of yo…
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey IV: Candidates for isolated high-mass star formation in 30 Doradus
E. Bressert, N. Bastian, C. J. Evans +15
Whether massive stars can occasionally form in relative isolation or if they require a large cluster of lower-mass stars around them is a key test in the differentiation of star fo…
The Milky Way Project: A statistical study of massive star formation associated with infrared bubbles
Sarah Kendrew, Robert J. Simpson, Eli Bressert +6
The Milky Way Project citizen science initiative recently increased the number of known infrared bubbles in the inner Galactic plane by an order of magnitude compared to previous s…