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" …

Global collapse of molecular clouds as a formation mechanism for the most massive stars

N Peretto, GA Fuller, A Duarte-Cabral, A Avison… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
The relative importance of primordial molecular cloud fragmentation versus large-scale
accretion still remains to be assessed in the context of massive core/star formation. Studying …

Radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of collapse and fragmentation in massive protostellar cores

MR Krumholz, RI Klein, CF McKee - The Astrophysical Journal, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We simulate the early stages of the evolution of turbulent, virialized, high-mass protostellar
cores, with primary attention to how cores fragment and whether they form a small or large …

Circumventing the radiation pressure barrier in the formation of massive stars via disk accretion

R Kuiper, H Klahr, H Beuther… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present radiation hydrodynamic simulations of the collapse of massive pre-stellar cores.
We treat frequency-dependent radiative feedback from stellar evolution and accretion …

Kinematic distances to molecular clouds identified in the galactic ring survey

J Roman-Duval, JM Jackson, M Heyer… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Kinematic distances to 750 molecular clouds identified in the 13 CO J= 1→ 0 Boston
University–Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory Galactic Ring Survey (GRS) are …

The formation of massive stars

H Beuther, EB Churchwell, CF McKee… - ar** of infrared dark clouds-Dependence of density variance with sonic Mach number in molecular clouds
J Kainulainen, JC Tan - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013 - aanda.org
Context. Measuring the mass distribution of infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) over the wide
dynamic range of their column densities is a fundamental obstacle in determining the initial …