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The similarities, or otherwise, of a shock or wind interacting with a cloud of density contras t$ \chi = 10$ were explored in a previous paper. Here, we investigate such interactions with clouds of higher density contrast. We compare the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-16 K. J. A. Goldsmith , J. M. Pittard

In previous contributions, we have presented an analytical model describing the evolution of molecular clouds (MCs) undergoing hierarchical gravitational contraction. The cloud's evolution is characterized by an initial increase in its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-18 Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni , Manuel Zamora-Avilés , Roberto Galván-Madrid , Jan Forbrich

Stellar winds and supernova (SN) explosions of massive stars ("stellar feedback") create bubbles in the interstellar medium (ISM) and insert newly produced heavy elements and kinetic energy into their surroundings, possibly driving…

Observations of molecular structures on scales of $\sim 0.1-50$ pc show that the specific angular momentum ($j$) scales with radius ($R$) as $j\sim R^{3/2}$. We study the effects of turbulence, gravity, and the magnetic field in shaping…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 Griselda Arroyo-Chavez , Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni , James Wurster

The role of feedback from massive stars is believed to be a key element in the evolution of molecular clouds. We use high-resolution 3D SPH simulations to explore the dynamical effects of a single O7 star located at the centre of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 S. Walch , A. P. Whitworth , T. Bisbas , R. Wunsch , D. Hubber

The formation and evolution of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in spiral galaxies have been investigated in the traditional framework of the combined quasi-stationary density wave and galactic shock model. However, our understanding of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-28 Junichi Baba , Kana Morokuma-Matsui , Takayuki R. Saitoh

I review the current state of numerical simulations of stellar feedback in the context of star formation at scales ranging from the formation of individual stars to models of galaxy formation including cosmic reionisation. I survey the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-26 James E. Dale

We study influence by models of inter-stellar medium (ISM) on properties of galaxies in cosmological simulations. We examine three models widely used in previous studies. The ISM models impose different equations of state on dense gas.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-07 Shigeki Inoue , Naoki Yoshida

Context: Filaments are common features in molecular clouds and they play a key role in star formation (SF). Studying their life cycle is essential to fully understand the SF process. Aims: We aim to characterise the impact of magnetic field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-07 Paolo Suin , Doris Arzoumanian , Annie Zavagno , Patrick Hennebelle

We present simulations of the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) at solar neighbourhood conditions including thermal and non-thermal ISM processes, star cluster formation, and feedback from massive stars: stellar winds, hydrogen ionising…

We study the formation of star clusters in molecular clouds by performing three-dimensional radiation hydrodynamics simulations with far ultraviolet (FUV; $6 ~{\rm eV} \leqq h \nu \leqq 13.6 ~{\rm eV}$) and extreme ultraviolet (EUV; $h\nu…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-09 Hajime Fukushima , Hidenobu Yajima

The formation of astrophysical structures, such as stars, compact objects but also galaxies, entail an,enhancement of densities by many orders of magnitude which occurs through gravitational collapse. The role played by turbulence during…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-03 Patrick Hennebelle

We investigate the evolution of interfaces among phases of the interstellar medium with different temperature. It is found that, for some initial conditions, the dynamical effects related to conductive fronts are very important even if…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Andrea Ferrara , Yuri Shchekinov

The NIHAO cosmological simulations form a collection of a hundred high-resolution galaxies. We used these simulations to test the impact of stellar feedback on the morphology of the HI distribution in galaxies. We ran a subsample of twenty…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-14 Hind Al Noori , Andrea V. Macciò , Aaron A. Dutton , Keri L. Dixon

Radiative feedback is an important consequence of cluster formation in Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) in which newly formed clusters heat and ionize their surrounding gas. The process of cluster formation, and the role of radiative feedback,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-27 Corey Howard , Ralph Pudritz , William Harris

The results of study of the gravitational fragmentation in the interstellar medium (ISM) by clump-clump collisions are presented. We suggest, that collision of clumps, that are subparts of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMC) may be on of the basic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-04 S. B. Vinogradov , P. Berczik

The colliding flows (CF) model is a well-supported mechanism for generating molecular clouds. However, to-date most CF simulations have focused on the formation of clouds in the normal-shock layer between head-on colliding flows. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-31 Erica Fogerty , Adam Frank , Fabian Heitsch , Jonathan Carroll-Nellenback , Christina Haig , Marissa Adams

We compare the central mass distribution of galaxies simulated with three different models of the interstellar medium (ISM) with increasing complexity: primordial (H+He) cooling down to 10^4K, additional cooling via metal lines and to lower…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Charlotte Christensen , Fabio Governato , Thomas Quinn , Alyson M. Brooks , David B. Fisher , Sijing Shen , Jacqueline McCleary , James Wadsley

We present an analysis of the role of feedback in shaping the neutral hydrogen (HI) content of simulated disc galaxies. For our analysis, we have used two realisations of two separate Milky Way-like (~L*) discs - one employing a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 A. P. Walker , B. K. Gibson , K. Pilkington , C. B. Brook , P. Dutta , S. Stanimirovic , G. S. Stinson , J. Bailin

The fragmentation of gas to form stars in molecular clouds is intrinsically linked to the turbulence within them. These internal motions are set at the birth of the cloud and may vary with galactic environment and as the cloud evolves. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-29 Jiten Dhandha , Zoe Faes , Rowan J. Smith