The big problems in star formation: the star formation rate, stellar clustering, and the initial mass function

MR Krumholz - Physics Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Astrophysical magnetic fields and nonlinear dynamo theory

A Brandenburg, K Subramanian - Physics Reports, 2005 - Elsevier
The current understanding of astrophysical magnetic fields is reviewed, focusing on their
generation and maintenance by turbulence. In the astrophysical context this generation is …

The sonic scale of interstellar turbulence

C Federrath, RS Klessen, L Iapichino, JR Beattie - Nature Astronomy, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding the physics of turbulence is crucial for many applications, including weather,
industry and astrophysics. In the interstellar medium,, supersonic turbulence plays a crucial …

Comparing the statistics of interstellar turbulence in simulations and observations-Solenoidal versus compressive turbulence forcing

C Federrath, J Roman-Duval, RS Klessen… - Astronomy & …, 2010 - aanda.org
Context. Density and velocity fluctuations on virtually all scales observed with modern
telescopes show that molecular clouds (MCs) are turbulent. The forcing and structural …

Survival and mass growth of cold gas in a turbulent, multiphase medium

M Gronke, SP Oh, S Ji, C Norman - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Astrophysical gases are commonly multiphase and highly turbulent. In this work, we
investigate the survival and growth of cold gas in such a turbulent, multiphase medium using …

On the star formation efficiency of turbulent magnetized clouds

C Federrath, RS Klessen - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

On the universality of supersonic turbulence

C Federrath - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013 - academic.oup.com
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 …

The statistics of supersonic isothermal turbulence

AG Kritsuk, ML Norman, P Padoan… - The Astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results of large-scale three-dimensional simulations of supersonic Euler
turbulence with the piecewise parabolic method and multiple grid resolutions up to 2048 3 …

Magnetic field amplification in galaxy clusters and its simulation

J Donnert, F Vazza, M Brüggen, J ZuHone - Space Science Reviews, 2018 - Springer
We review the present theoretical and numerical understanding of magnetic field
amplification in cosmic large-scale structure, on length scales of galaxy clusters and beyond …

Simulations of nonhelical hydromagnetic turbulence

NEL Haugen, A Brandenburg, W Dobler - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2004 - APS
Nonhelical hydromagnetic forced turbulence is investigated using large scale simulations on
up to 256 processors and 1024 3 mesh points. The magnetic Prandtl number is varied …