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 …

A survey of high level frameworks in block-structured adaptive mesh refinement packages

A Dubey, A Almgren, J Bell, M Berzins, S Brandt… - Journal of Parallel and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the last decade block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (SAMR) has found
increasing use in large, publicly available codes and frameworks. SAMR frameworks have …

STARFORGE: Towards a comprehensive numerical model of star cluster formation and feedback

MY Grudić, D Guszejnov, PF Hopkins… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We present STARFORGE (STAR FORmation in Gaseous Environments): a new
numerical framework for 3D radiation magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of star …

Massive star formation

JC Tan, MT Beltrán, P Caselli, F Fontani… - … and Planets VI, 2014 - books.google.com
The enormous radiative and mechanical luminosities of massive stars impact a vast range of
scales and processes, from the reionization of the universe, to the evolution of galaxies, to …

The fragmentation of magnetized, massive star-forming cores with radiative feedback

AT Myers, CF McKee, AJ Cunningham… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a set of three-dimensional, radiation-magnetohydrodynamic calculations of the
gravitational collapse of massive (300 M☉), star-forming molecular cloud cores. We show …

The Role of Outflows, Radiation Pressure, and Magnetic Fields in Massive Star Formation

AL Rosen, MR Krumholz - The Astronomical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Stellar feedback in the form of radiation pressure and magnetically driven collimated
outflows may limit the maximum mass that a star can achieve and affect the star formation …

Impact of protostellar outflows on turbulence and star formation efficiency in magnetized dense cores

SSR Offner, J Chaban - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The star-forming efficiency of dense gas is thought to be set within cores by outflow and
radiative feedback. We use magnetohydrodynamic simulations to investigate the relation …

Inside the core of a young massive star cluster: 3D MHD simulations

DV Badmaev, AM Bykov… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Young massive star clusters inhabit regions of star formation and play an essential role in
the galactic evolution. They are sources of both thermal and non-thermal radiation, and are …

The turbulent origin of outflow and spin misalignment in multiple star systems

SSR Offner, MM Dunham, KI Lee… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The protostellar outflows of wide-separation forming binaries frequently appear misaligned.
We use magneto-hydrodynamic simulations to investigate the alignment of protostellar spin …

Zooming in on individual star formation: low-and high-mass stars

AL Rosen, SSR Offner, SI Sadavoy, A Bhandare… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Star formation is a multi-scale, multi-physics problem ranging from the size scale of
molecular clouds (∼ 10 ∼10 s pc) down to the size scales of dense prestellar cores (∼ 0.1 …