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The stellar mass spectrum from non-isothermal gravoturbulent fragmentation
Anne-Katharina Jappsen, Ralf S. Klessen, Richard B. Larson +2
Identifying the processes that determine the initial mass function of stars (IMF) is a fundamental problem in star formation theory. One of the major uncertainties is the exact che…
Initial Ionization of Compressible Turbulence
Yuexing Li, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Tom Abel
We study the effects of the initial conditions of turbulent molecular clouds on the ionization structure in newly formed H_{ii} regions, using three-dimensional, photon-conserving…
Formation of Globular Clusters in Galaxy Mergers
Yuexing Li, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Ralf S. Klessen
We present a high-resolution simulation of globular cluster formation in a galaxy merger. For the first time in such a simulation, individual star clusters are directly identified…
Control of Star Formation in Galaxies by Gravitational Instability
Yuexing Li, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Ralf S. Klessen
We study gravitational instability and consequent star formation in a wide range of isolated disk galaxies, using three-dimensional, smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations at…
Gravoturbulent Star Cluster Formation
Ralf S. Klessen, Javier Ballesteros-Paredes, Yuexing Li +1
Stars form by gravoturbulent fragmentation of interstellar gas clouds. The supersonic turbulence ubiquitously observed in Galactic molecular gas generates strong density fluctuatio…