Clustered vs. Isolated Star Formation
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
I argue that star formation is controlled by supersonic turbulence, drawing for support on a number of 3D hydrodynamical and MHD simulations as well as theoretical arguments. Clustered star formation appears to be a natural result of a lack of turbulent support, while isolated star formation is a signpost of global turbulent support.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0012499,
title = {Clustered vs. Isolated Star Formation},
author = {Mordecai-Mark Mac Low},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0012499},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, 5 figures, for publication in ASP Conf. Ser., Modes of Star Formation and the Origin of Field Populations, eds. Grebel & Brandner