Triggering, suppressing and redistributing star formation
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2012-08-17 v1
Abstract
We discuss three different ways in which stellar feedback may alter the outcome of star cluster formation: triggering or suppressing star formation, and redistributing the stellar population in space. We use detailed Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of HII regions in turbulent molecular clouds to show that all three of these may happen in the same system, making inferences about the effects of feedback problematic.
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@article{arxiv.1208.3364,
title = {Triggering, suppressing and redistributing star formation},
author = {James E. Dale and Barbara Ercolano and Ian Bonnell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.3364},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
To appear in proceedings of the 'Labyrinth of Star Formation' meeting (18-22 June 2012, Chania, Greece), published by Springer