The turbulent formation of stars

2018/06/01 by Christoph Federrath · 73 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Molecular cloud #Star formation #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Turbulence #Universe #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/pt.3.3947

published in Physics Today 71(6), 38-42 (AIP Publishing) · published in Physics Today, cover story, see http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~chfeder/pubs/physics_today/physics_today.html

openalex publication_date 2018/06/01 · openalex created_date 2018/06/13 · arxiv created 2018/11/30 · arxiv updated 2018/12/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

How stars are born from clouds of gas is a rich physics problem whose solution will inform our understanding of not just stars but also planets, galaxies, and the universe itself.

Citations

• SIMULATIONS ON A MOVING MESH: THE CLUSTERED FORMATION OF POPULATION III PROTOSTARS
• The Formation of the First Star in the Universe
• Theory of Star Formation

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