Filament fragmentation in high-mass star formation

2015/10/09 by H. Beuther, S. E. Ragan, K. Johnston +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Fragmentation (computing) #Funnel #Interstellar cloud #Interstellar medium #Protein filament #Protostar #Star formation #Stellar evolution #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527108

published as A&A 584, A67 (2015) · 12 pages, 9 figures, accepted for A&A, a higher-resolution version can be found at http://www.mpia.de/homes/beuther/papers.html

arxiv created 2015/10/09 · openalex publication_date 2015/10/19 · arxiv updated 2015/11/25 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Filamentary structures in the interstellar medium are crucial ingredients of the star formation process. They fragment to form individual star-forming cores, and at the same time they may also funnel gas toward the central gas cores, providing an additional gas reservoir.

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