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 …

The role of magnetic fields in setting the star formation rate and the initial mass function

MR Krumholz, C Federrath - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Star-forming gas clouds are strongly magnetized, and their ionization fractions are high
enough to place them close to the regime of ideal magnetohydrodyamics on all but the …

The star formation rate of turbulent magnetized clouds: comparing theory, simulations, and observations

C Federrath, RS Klessen - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

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 …

Low virial parameters in molecular clouds: implications for high-mass star formation and magnetic fields

J Kauffmann, T Pillai, PF Goldsmith - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Whether or not molecular clouds and embedded cloud fragments are stable against
collapse is of utmost importance for the study of the star formation process. Only" …

KROME–a package to embed chemistry in astrophysical simulations

T Grassi, S Bovino, DRG Schleicher… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Chemistry plays a key role in many astrophysical situations regulating the cooling and the
thermal properties of the gas, which are relevant during gravitational collapse, the evolution …

The formation of massive molecular filaments and massive stars triggered by a magnetohydrodynamic shock wave

T Inoue, P Hennebelle, Y Fukui… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Recent observations suggest an that intensive molecular cloud collision can trigger massive
star/cluster formation. The most important physical process caused by the collision is a …

Protostellar disk formation and transport of angular momentum during magnetized core collapse

M Joos, P Hennebelle, A Ciardi - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2012 - aanda.org
Context. Theoretical studies of collapsing clouds have found that even a relatively weak
magnetic field may prevent the formation of disks and their fragmentation. However, most …

Magnetic field amplification in turbulent astrophysical plasmas

C Federrath - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2016 - cambridge.org
Magnetic fields play an important role in astrophysical accretion discs and in the interstellar
and intergalactic medium. They drive jets, suppress fragmentation in star-forming clouds and …

Collapse of massive magnetized dense cores using radiation magnetohydrodynamics: early fragmentation inhibition

B Commerçon, P Hennebelle… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of radiation-magnetohydrodynamics calculations in the context of high-
mass star formation, using for the first time a self-consistent model for photon emission (ie …