Recent studies of the nearest star-forming clouds of the Galaxy at submillimeter wavelengths
with the Herschel Space Observatory have provided us with unprecedented images of the …

Understanding the formation of stars in galaxies is central to much of modern astrophysics.
However, a quantitative prediction of the star formation rate and the initial distribution of …

▪ Abstract Turbulence affects the structure and motions of nearly all temperature and density
regimes in the interstellar gas. This two-part review summarizes the observations, theory …

We use three-dimensional (3D) numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations to follow the
evolution of cold, turbulent, gaseous systems with parameters chosen to represent …

We derive an analytical theory of the prestellar core initial mass function (IMF) based on an
extension of the Press-Schechter statistical formalism. Our approach relies on the general …

We show how molecular clouds in the solar neighborhood might be formed and produce
stars rapidly enough to explain stellar population ages, building on results from numerical …

Observed molecular clouds often appear to have very low star formation efficiencies and
lifetimes an order of magnitude longer than their free-fall times. Their support is attributed to …

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We study the formation of giant dense cloud complexes and of stars within them using SPH
numerical simulations of the collision of gas streams (``inflows'') in the WNM at moderately …

Supersonic random motions are observed in dark clouds and are traditionally interpreted as
Alfvén waves, but the possibility that these motions are super-Alfvénic has not been ruled …