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Turbulence in giant molecular clouds: the effect of photoionization feedback
(2015-02-21)
Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are observed to be turbulent, but theory shows that without a driving mechanism turbulence should quickly decay. The question arises by which mechanisms turbulence is driven or sustained. It ...
The dynamical evolution of molecular clouds near the Galactic Centre - I. Orbital structure and evolutionary timeline
(2015-02-21)
We recently proposed that the star-forming potential of dense molecular clouds in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ, i.e. the central few 100 pc) of the Milky Way is intimately linked to their orbital dynamics, potentially ...
Primordial mass segregation in simulations of star formation?
(2015-02-01)
We take the end result of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of star formation which include feedback from photoionization and stellar winds and evolve them for a further 10 Myr using N-body simulations. We ...
Photoionising feedback and the star formation rates in galaxies
(2015-01-07)
Aims. We investigate the effects of ionising photons on accretion and stellar mass growth in a young star forming region, using a Monte Carlo radiation transfer code coupled to a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) ...