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We run numerical simulations of molecular clouds (MCs), adopting properties similar to those found in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Milky Way. For this, we employ the moving mesh code Arepo and perform simulations which account…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 Erik Bertram , Simon C. O. Glover , Paul C. Clark , Sarah E. Ragan , Ralf S. Klessen

We present a large suite of MHD simulations of turbulent, star-forming giant molecular clouds(GMCs) with stellar feedback, extending previous work by simulating 10 different random realizations for each point in the parameter space of cloud…

To date, most numerical simulations of molecular clouds, and star formation within them, assume a uniform density sphere or box with an imposed turbulent velocity field. In this work, we select molecular clouds from galactic scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Ramon Rey-Raposo , Clare Dobbs , Ana Duarte-Cabral

A collision-induced magnetic reconnection (CMR) mechanism was recently proposed to explain the formation of a filament in the Orion A molecular cloud. In this mechanism, a collision between two clouds with antiparallel magnetic fields…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-26 Shuo Kong , David Whitworth , Rowan J. Smith , Erika T. Hamden

We show that hydrodynamic turbulent cloud simulations naturally produce large filaments made up of a network of smaller and coherent sub-filaments. Such simulations resemble observations of filaments and fibres in nearby molecular clouds.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-09 Rowan J. Smith , Simon C. O. Glover , Ralf S. Klessen , Gary A. Fuller

Molecular clouds are turbulent structures whose star formation efficiency (SFE) is strongly affected by internal stellar feedback processes. In this paper we determine how sensitive the SFE of molecular clouds is to randomised inputs in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-20 Sam Geen , Stuart K. Watson , Joakim Rosdahl , Rebekka Bieri , Ralf S. Klessen , Patrick Hennebelle

We describe an overall picture of galactic-scale star formation. Recent high-resolution magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of two-fluid dynamics with cooling/heating and thermal conduction have shown that the formation of molecular clouds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-29 Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Tsuyoshi Inoue , Kazunari Iwasaki , Takashi Hosokawa

Star clusters host the massive stars responsible for feedback in star-forming galaxies. Stellar feedback shapes the interstellar medium (ISM), affecting the formation of future star clusters. To self-consistently capture the interplay…

We include feedback in global hydrodynamic simulations in order to study the star formation properties, and gas structure and dynamics, in models of galactic disks. We extend previous models by implementing feedback in gravitationally bound…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rahul Shetty , Eve C. Ostriker

Using a population of large-scale filaments extracted from an AREPO simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy, we seek to understand the extent to which observed large-scale filament properties (with lengths $\gtrsim 100$ pc) can be explained…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-01 Catherine Zucker , Rowan Smith , Alyssa Goodman

Stars form in dense, clustered environments, where feedback from newly formed stars eventually ejects the gas, terminating star formation and leaving behind one or more star clusters. Using the STARFORGE simulations, it is possible to…

We present hydrodynamic simulations of self-gravitating dense gas in a galactic disk, exploring scales ranging from 1 kpc down to $\sim 0.1$~pc. Our primary goal is to understand how dense filaments form in Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Michael J. Butler , Jonathan C. Tan , Sven Van Loo

Stellar feedback, star formation and gravitational interactions are major controlling forces in the evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs). To explore their relative roles, we examine the properties and evolution of GMCs forming in an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Elizabeth J. Tasker , James Wadsley , Ralph Pudritz

The implementation of star formation and stellar feedback in cosmological simulations plays a critical role in shaping galaxy properties. In the first paper of the series, we presented a new method to model star formation as a collection of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-25 Hui Li , Oleg Y. Gnedin , Nickolay Y. Gnedin

It remains unclear how galactic environment affects star formation and stellar cluster properties. This is difficult to address in Milky Way-mass galaxy simulations because of limited resolution and less accurate feedback compared to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-05 Ahmad A. Ali , Clare L. Dobbs , Thomas J. R. Bending , Anne S. M. Buckner , Alex R. Pettitt

We develop a new realistic prescription for modeling the stellar feedback, which minimizes any ad hoc assumptions about sub-grid physics. We start with developing high resolution models of the ISM and formulate the conditions required for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-03 Daniel Ceverino , Anatoly Klypin

(Abridged) We present a series of decaying turbulence simulations that represent a cluster-forming clump within a molecular cloud, investigating the role of magnetic fields on the formation of potential star-forming cores. We present an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-07 David A. Tilley , Ralph E. Pudritz

Most observed stars are part of a multiple star system, but the formation of such systems and the role of environment and various physical processes is still poorly understood. We present a suite of radiation-magnetohydrodynamic simulations…

There is an emerging consensus that large amounts of gas do not shock heat in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of massive galaxies, but instead pierce deep into haloes from the cosmic web via filaments. To better resolve this process…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-25 Jake S. Bennett , Debora Sijacki

We study effect of magnetic field on massive dense core formation in colliding unequal molecular clouds by performing magnetohydrodynamic simulations with sub-parsec resolution (0.015 pc) that can resolve the molecular cores. Initial clouds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-23 Nirmit Sakre , Asao Habe , Alex R. Pettitt , Takashi Okamoto