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Winds from young massive stars contribute a large amount of energy to their host molecular clouds. This has consequences for the dynamics and observable structure of star-forming clouds. In this paper, we present radiative…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-09 Sam Geen , Rebekka Bieri , Joakim Rosdahl , Alex de Koter

We present simulations of the dynamical evolution of young embedded star clusters. Our initial conditions are directly derived from X-ray, infrared, and radio observations of local systems, and our models evolve both gas and stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-20 Alison Sills , Steven Rieder , Jennifer Scora , Jessica McCloskey , Sarah Jaffa

Stars in globular clusters (GCs) lose a non negligible amount of mass during their post-main sequence evolution. This material is then expected to build up a substantial intra-cluster medium (ICM) within the GC. However, the observed gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-19 W. Chantereau , P. Biernacki , M. Martig , N. Bastian , M. Salaris , R. Teyssier

Most stars form in highly clustered environments within molecular clouds, but eventually disperse into the distributed stellar field population. Exactly how the stellar distribution evolves from the embedded stage into gas-free associations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-21 Juan P. Farias , Stella S. R. Offner , Michael Y. Grudić , Dávid Guszejnov , Anna L. Rosen

In the Galactic fountain scenario, supernovae and/or stellar winds propel material into the Galactic halo. As the material cools, it condenses into clouds. By using FLASH three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations, we model and study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Kyujin Kwak , Robin L. Shelton , Elizabeth A. Raley

Stars in globular clusters lose mass through slow stellar winds that are retained by the stellar cluster and contribute to build up a non negligible intracluster medium over time. However, all the observations so far found only a negligible…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 William Chantereau

Galaxies in clusters are gas-deficient and a number of possible explanations for this observation have been advanced, including galaxy-cluster tidal interactions, galaxy harassment, and ISM-ICM gas stripping. In this paper, we use a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stephanie Tonnesen , Greg L. Bryan , J. H. van Gorkom

Gas expulsion or gas retention is a central issue in most of the models for multiple stellar populations and light element anti-correlations in globular clusters. The success of the residual matter expulsion or its retention within young…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-06 Sergiy Silich , Guillermo Tenorio-Tagle

Cluster galaxies are affected by the surrounding environment, which influences, in particular, their gas, stellar content and morphology. In particular, the ram-pressure exerted by the intracluster medium promotes the formation of…

The formation of stellar clusters dictates the pace at which galaxies evolve, and solving the question of their formation will undoubtedly lead to a better understanding of the Universe as a whole. While it is well known that star clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-11 Nicolas Peretto , Andrew J. Rigby , Fabien Louvet , Gary A. Fuller , Alessio Traficante , Mathilde Gaudel

A review of gravitational and hydrodynamical processes during formation of clusters and evolution of galaxies is given. Early, at the advent of N-body computer simulations, the importance of tidal fields in galaxy encounters has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jan Palous

Stars and star clusters form by gravoturbulent fragmentation of interstellar gas clouds. The supersonic turbulence ubiquitously observed in Galactic molecular gas generates strong density fluctuations with gravity taking over in the densest…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Ralf S. Klessen

Our three-dimensional hydro-dynamical simulations of starbursts examine the formation of superbubbles over a range of driving luminosities and mass loadings that determine superbubble growth and wind velocity. From this we determine the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-19 Ryan Tanner , Gerald Cecil , Fabian Heitsch

We study the impact of stellar winds and supernovae on the multi-phase interstellar medium using three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations carried out with FLASH. The selected galactic disc region has a size of (500 pc)$^2$ x $\pm$ 5 kpc…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-25 A. Gatto , S. Walch , T. Naab , P. Girichidis , R. Wünsch , S. C. O. Glover , R. S. Klessen , P. C. Clark , T. Peters , D. Derigs , C. Baczynski , J. Puls

Galactic winds and fountains driven by supernova-heated gas play an integral role in re-distributing gas in galaxies, depositing metals in the circumgalactic medium (CGM), and quenching star formation. The interplay between these outflows…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-15 Chad Bustard , Stephen A. Pardy , Elena D'Onghia , Ellen G. Zweibel , J. S. Gallagher

An overview of our current understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters is given, with main emphasis on high-mass clusters. Clusters form deeply embedded within dense clouds of molecular gas. Left-over gas is cleared within…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Soeren S. Larsen

Convection and mass loss by stellar winds are two dynamical processes that shape asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and their evolution. Observations and earlier 3D models indicate that giant convection cells cause high-contrast surface…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-30 Bernd Freytag , Susanne Höfner

Intermediate and massive stars drive fast and powerful isotropic winds that interact with the winds of nearby stars in star clusters and the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). Wind-ISM collisions generate astrospheres around these stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-08 Monica Gallegos-Garcia , Blakesley Burkhart , Anna Rosen , Jill P. Naiman , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

We use cosmological hydrodynamic simulations with unprecedented resolution to study the formation of primordial stars in an ionized gas at high redshifts. Our approach includes all the relevant atomic and molecular physics to follow the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Naoki Yoshida , Kazuyuki Omukai , Lars Hernquist

Stars form within dense cores composed of both gas and dust within molecular clouds. However, despite the crucial role that dust plays in the star formation process, its dynamics is frequently overlooked, with the common assumption being a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-21 Nadine H. Soliman , Philip F. Hopkins , Michael Y. Grudić