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6 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

The Timescales of Embedded Star Formation as Observed in STARFORGE

Tobin M. Wainer, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Michael Y. Grudić +7

Star formation occurs within dusty molecular clouds that are then disrupted by stellar feedback. However, the timing and physical mechanisms that govern the transition from deeply…

astro-ph.SR2026

FORGE'd in the Early Universe: The Effect of Protostellar Outflows on Pop III Accretion

Yasmine J. Meziani, Philip F. Hopkins, Michael Y. Grudić +3

We present a cosmological zoom-in radiation magneto-hydrodynamic (RMHD) simulation, using FORGE'd in FIRE, that follows the formation, growth, and evolution of a single metal-free…

astro-ph.GA2026

Collision between molecular clouds IV: The role of feedback and magnetic field in head on collisions

Tabassum S. Tanvir, Michael Y. Grudić

We systematically investigate how cloud-cloud collisions influence star formation, emphasizing the roles of collision velocity, magnetic field orientation, and radiative feedback.…

astro-ph.GA2025

Further correction to the STARFORGE methods paper: Planck-mean dust opacities

Michael Y. Grudić, Dávid Guszejnov, Philip F. Hopkins +2

The model for the Planck-mean dust opacity given in Appendix C of the STARFORGE simulations methods paper does not extrapolate well to low radiation temperature $T_{\rm ra…

astro-ph.GA2025

Stellar populations in STARFORGE II: Comparison with observations

Juan P. Farias, Stella S. R. Offner, Ronan Kerr +1

Recent studies suggest that most star-forming regions in our Galaxy form stellar associations rather than bound clusters. We analyse models from the STARFORGE simulation suite, a s…

astro-ph.GA2025

A Probabilistic Model to Estimate Number Densities from Column Densities in Molecular Clouds

Brandt A. L. Gaches, Michael Y. Grudić

Constraining the physical and chemical evolution of molecular clouds is essential to our understanding of star formation. These investigations often necessitate knowledge of some l…