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We present a theoretical framework in which bound stellar clusters arise naturally at the high-density end of the hierarchy of the interstellar medium (ISM). Due to short free-fall times, these high-density regions achieve high local star…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 J. M. Diederik Kruijssen

Numerical simulations predict that clumps ($\sim$1 pc) should form stars at high efficiency to produce bound star clusters. We conducted a statistical study of 17 nearby cluster-forming clumps to examine the star formation rate and gas mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-16 V. Rawat , M. R. Samal , A. Zavagno , Sami Dib , Davide Elia , J. Jose , D. K. Ojha , K. Srivastav1

It has been known for more than 30 years that star formation in giant molecular clouds (GMCs) is slow, in the sense that only ~1% of the gas forms stars every free-fall time. This result is entirely independent of any particular model of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Mark R. Krumholz , Jonathan C. Tan

Recently, we have shown that if the ISM is governed by super-sonic turbulent flows, the excursion-set formalism can be used to calculate the statistics of self-gravitating objects over a wide range of scales. On the largest self-gravitating…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-13 Philip F. Hopkins

We model the formation of star clusters in a dwarf galaxy progenitor during the first $700 ~{\rm Myr}$ of cosmic history using a cosmological radiation-hydrodynamic simulation with a sub-grid star formation efficiency (SFE) model calibrated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-03 Fred Angelo Batan Garcia , Massimo Ricotti , Kazuyuki Sugimura

In this work, we derive the stellar initial mass function (IMF) from the superposition of mass distributions of dense cores, generated through gravoturbulent fragmentation of unstable clumps in molecular clouds (MCs) and growing through…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Todor Veltchev , Ralf S. Klessen , Paul C. Clark

We conduct a theoretical study of the formation of massive stars over a wide range of metallicities from 1e-5 to 1Zsun and evaluate the star formation efficiencies (SFEs) from prestellar cloud cores taking into account multiple feedback…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Kei E. I. Tanaka , Jonathan C. Tan , Yichen Zhang , Takashi Hosokawa

After the stars of a new, embedded star cluster have formed they blow the remaining gas out of the cluster. Especially winds of high mass stars and definitely the on-set of the first super novae can remove the residual gas from a cluster.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Fellhauer , P. Kroupa

Feedback from massive stars plays an important role in the formation of star clusters. Whether a very massive star is born early or late in the cluster formation timeline has profound implications for the star cluster formation and assembly…

We study the impact of Ly$\alpha$ radiation feedback on globular cluster (GC) formation. In this Letter, we analytically derive the relation between star formation efficiency (SFE) and metallicity in spherical clouds with the Ly$\alpha$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-21 Makito Abe , Hidenobu Yajima

A model of core-clump accretion with equally likely stopping describes star formation in the dense parts of clusters, where models of isolated collapsing cores may not apply. Each core accretes at a constant rate onto its protostar, while…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Philip C. Myers

We study galaxy super-winds driven in major mergers, using pc-resolution simulations with detailed models for stellar feedback that can self-consistently follow the formation/destruction of GMCs and generation of winds. The models include…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-13 Philip F. Hopkins , Dusan Keres , Norman Murray , Lars Hernquist , Desika Narayanan , Christopher C. Hayward

We derive and compare six theoretical models for the star formation rate (SFR) - the Krumholz & McKee (KM), Padoan & Nordlund (PN), and Hennebelle & Chabrier (HC) models, and three multi-freefall versions of these, suggested by HC - all…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Christoph Federrath , Ralf S. Klessen

We present a new particle code for modelling the evolution of galaxies. The code is based on a multi-phase description for the interstellar medium (ISM). We included star formation (SF), stellar feedback by massive stars and planetary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Stefan Harfst , Christian Theis , Gerhard Hensler

JWST observations indicate a surprising excess of luminous galaxies at $z\sim 10$ and above, consistent with efficient conversion of the accreted gas into stars, unlike the suppression of star formation by feedback at later times. We show…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-31 Avishai Dekel , Kartick S. Sarkar , Yuval Birnboim , Nir Mandelker , Zhaozhou Li

Energetic feedback from star clusters plays a pivotal role in shaping the dynamical evolution of giant molecular clouds (GMCs). To study the effects of stellar feedback on the star formation efficiency of the clouds and the dynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 Hui Li , Mark Vogelsberger , Federico Marinacci , Oleg Y. Gnedin

One of the outstanding puzzles about star formation is why it proceeds so slowly. Giant molecular clouds convert only a few percent of their gas into stars per free-fall time, and recent observations show that this low star formation rate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Mark R. Krumholz

To advance our understanding of massive star formation, it is essential to perform a comprehensive suite of simulations that explore the relevant parameter space and include enough physics to enable a comparison with observational data. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-19 Birka Zimmermann , Stefanie Walch , Seamus D. Clarke , Richard Wünsch , Andre Klepitko

The efficiency of star formation, defined as the ratio of the stellar to total (gas and stellar) mass, is observed to vary from a few percent in regions of dispersed star formation to about a third in cluster-forming cores. This difference…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Fumitaka Nakamura , Zhi-Yun Li

We examine self-consistent parameterizations of the high-mass stellar population and resulting feedback, including mechanical, radiative, and chemical feedback, as we understand them locally. To date, it appears that the massive star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. S. Oey , C. J. Clarke