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We study the effect of sub-grid physics, galaxy mass, structural parameters and resolution on the fragmentation of gas-rich galaxy discs into massive star forming clumps. The initial conditions are set up with the aid of the ARGO…

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We present new simulations of the formation and evolution of the first star-forming cloud within a massive minihalo of mass of $1.05 \times 10^7\, M_{\odot}$, carried out using the GIZMO code with detailed modeling of primordial gas cooling…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-16 Ke-Jung Chen , Meng-Yuan Ho , Pei-Cheng Tung

Using hydrodynamical simulations of a Milky Way-like galaxy, reaching 4.6 pc resolution, we study how the choice of star formation criteria impacts both galactic and Giant Molecular Clouds (GMC) scales. We find that using a turbulent,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 Kearn Grisdale

The effect of a newly born star cluster inside a giant molecular cloud (GMC) is to produce a hot bubble and a thin, dense shell of interstellar gas and dust swept up by the H II expansion, strong stellar winds, and repeated supernova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lihong Yao , T. A. Bell , S. Viti , J. A. Yates , E. R. Seaquist

Stars are formed by gravitational collapse, spontaneously or, in some cases under the constructive influence of nearby massive stars, out of molecular cloud cores. Here we present an observational diagnosis of such triggered formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-30 Tanvi Sharma , Wen Ping Chen , Neelam Panwar , Yan Sun , Yu Gao

Using radiation-hydrodynamic cosmological simulations, we present a detailed ($0.1$ pc resolution), physically motivated portrait of a typical-mass dwarf galaxy before the epoch of reionization, resolving the formation and evolution of star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-03 Fred Angelo Batan Garcia , Massimo Ricotti , Kazuyuki Sugimura , Jongwon Park

We present numerical evidence of dynamic star formation in which the accreted stellar mass grows superlinearly with time, roughly as $t^2$. We perform simulations of star formation in self-gravitating hydrodynamic and magneto-hydrodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Eve J. Lee , Philip Chang , Norman Murray

We study the formation of low-mass and extremely metal-poor stars in the early universe. Our study is motivated by the recent discovery of a low-mass (M < 0.8 Msun) and extremely metal-poor (Z <= 4.5 x 10^{-5} Zsun) star in the Galactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-18 Gen Chiaki , Naoki Yoshida , Tetsu Kitayama

Abridged: We use three-dimensional SPH simulations to investigate the collapse of low-mass prestellar cores and the formation and early evolution of protostellar discs. The initial conditions are slightly supercritical Bonnor-Ebert spheres…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Walch , A. Burkert , A. Whitworth , T. Naab , M. Gritschneder

In order to study the initial conditions of massive star formation, we have previously built a sample of 463 high-mass starless clumps (HMSCs) across the inner Galactic plane covered by multiple continuum surveys. Here, we use $^{13}$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-31 Bo Huang , Ke Wang , Josep Miquel Girart , Wenyu Jiao , Qianru He , Enwei Liang

We present results from our numerical simulations of collapsing massive molecular cloud cores. These numerical calculations show that massive stars assemble quickly with mass accretion rates exceeding 10^-3 Msol/yr and confirm that the mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-08 Robi Banerjee , Ralph E. Pudritz

Shell galaxies are understood to form through the collision of a dwarf galaxy with an elliptical galaxy. Shell structures and kinematics have been noted to be independent tools to measure the gravitational potential of the shell galaxies.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-18 Hajar Vakili , Pavel Kroupa , Sohrab Rahvar

The spatial range for feedback from star formation varies from molecular cloud disruption on parsec scales to supershells and disk blowout on kiloparsec scales. The relative amounts of energy and momentum given to these scales is important…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-13 Bruce G. Elmegreen , Zorayda Martinez , Deidre A. Hunter

We present a general star formation law where star formation rate depends upon efficiency $\alpha$, timescale $\tau$ of star formation, gas component $\sigma_{g}$ of surface mass density and a real exponent $n$. A given exponent $n$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 U. S. Pandey , C. van de Bruck

Large-scale star formation in disk galaxies is hypothesized to be driven by global gravitational instability. The observed gas surface density is commonly used to compute the strength of gravitational instability, but according to this…

We analyze the gravitational collapse of solids subject to gas drag in a protoplanetary disk. We also study the stirring of solids by turbulent fluctuations to determine the velocity dispersion and thickness of the midplane particle layer.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew N. Youdin

Considering the physical conditions that are relevant for triggering star formation in interactions involving SN shocks and neutral clouds, we have built diagrams of the SNR radius versus the cloud density in which these conditions…

The formation of supermassive stars is believed to be an essential intermediate step for the formation of the massive black hole seeds that become the supermassive black holes powering the quasars observed in the early Universe. Numerical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-28 Bastián Reinoso , Ralf S. Klessen , Dominik Schleicher , Simon C. O. Glover , P. Solar

Understanding the physical properties of star-forming cores as mass reservoirs for protostars, and the impact of turbulence, is crucial in star formation studies. We implemented passive tracer particles in clump-scale numerical simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-08 Shingo Nozaki , Hajime Fukushima , Kazuki Tokuda , Masahiro N. Machida

In turbulent fragmentation, star formation occurs in condensations created by converging flows. The condensations must be sufficiently massive, dense and cool to be gravitationally unstable, so that they start to contract; {\it and} they…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-20 A. P. Whitworth