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Turbulent Fragmentation and the Initial Conditions for Star Formation
Paolo Padoan, AAke Nordlund, Ornolfur Einar Rognvaldsson +1
Super-sonic turbulence fragments molecular clouds (MC) into a very complex density field with density contrasts of several orders of magnitude. A fraction of the gas is locked into…
The Turbulent Shock Origin of Proto--Stellar Cores
Paolo Padoan, Mika Juvela, Alyssa A. Goodman +1
The fragmentation of molecular clouds (MC) into protostellar cores is a central aspect of the process of star formation. Because of the turbulent nature of super-sonic motions in M…
The Stellar IMF from Turbulent Fragmentation
Paolo Padoan, AAke Nordlund
The morphology and kinematics of molecular clouds (MCs) are best explained as the consequence of super--sonic turbulence. Super--sonic turbulence fragments MCs into dense sheets, f…
The Effects of Noise and Sampling on the Spectral Correlation Function
Paolo Padoan, Erik W. Rosolowsky, Alyssa A. Goodman
The effects of noise and sampling on the ``Spectral Correlation Function'' (SCF) introduced by Rosolowsky et al. 1999 are studied using observational data, numerical simulations of…