Star formation lies at the center of a web of processes that drive cosmic evolution:
generation of radiant energy, synthesis of elements, formation of planets, and development …

Stars form within molecular clouds but our understanding of this fundamental process
remains hampered by the complexity of the physics that drives their evolution. We review our …

This study presents a catalog of 8107 molecular clouds that covers the entire Galactic plane
and includes 98% of the 12 CO emission observed within $ b\pm 5^\circ $. The catalog was …

The role of turbulence and magnetic fields is studied for star formation in molecular clouds.
We derive and compare six theoretical models for the star formation rate (SFR)—the …

Understanding the physics of turbulence is crucial for many applications, including weather,
industry and astrophysics. In the interstellar medium,, supersonic turbulence plays a crucial …

A common situation in galactic and intergalactic gas involves cold dense gas in motion
relative to hot diffuse gas. Kelvin–Helmholtz instability creates a turbulent mixing layer and …

Context. Density and velocity fluctuations on virtually all scales observed with modern
telescopes show that molecular clouds (MCs) are turbulent. The forcing and structural …

We study the star formation efficiency (SFE) in simulations and observations of turbulent,
magnetized, molecular clouds. We find that the probability density functions (PDFs) of the …

We derive the physical properties of 580 molecular clouds based on their 12 CO and 13 CO
line emission detected in the University of Massachusetts-Stony Brook (UMSB) and Galactic …

Compressible turbulence shapes the structure of the interstellar medium of our Galaxy and
likely plays an important role also during structure formation in the early Universe. The …