The physics of star cluster formation and evolution

MGH Krause, SSR Offner, C Charbonnel… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Star clusters form in dense, hierarchically collapsing gas clouds. Bulk kinetic energy is
transformed to turbulence with stars forming from cores fed by filaments. In the most compact …

The molecular cloud lifecycle

M Chevance, JMD Kruijssen… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and their stellar offspring are the building blocks of galaxies.
The physical characteristics of GMCs and their evolution are tightly connected to galaxy …

FIRE-3: updated stellar evolution models, yields, and microphysics and fitting functions for applications in galaxy simulations

PF Hopkins, A Wetzel, C Wheeler… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Increasingly, uncertainties in predictions from galaxy formation simulations (at sub-Milky
Way masses) are dominated by uncertainties in stellar evolution inputs. In this paper, we …

The dynamics and outcome of star formation with jets, radiation, winds, and supernovae in concert

MY Grudić, D Guszejnov, SSR Offner… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We analyse the first giant molecular cloud (GMC) simulation to follow the formation of
individual stars and their feedback from jets, radiation, winds, and supernovae, using the …

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions–XV. Steady accretion from global collapse to core feeding in massive hub-filament …

FW Xu, K Wang, T Liu, PF Goldsmith… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We present ALMA Band-3/7 observations towards 'the Heart'of a massive hub-
filament system (HFS) SDC335, to investigate its fragmentation and accretion. At a …

The origin of massive stars: the inertial-inflow model

P Padoan, L Pan, M Juvela, T Haugbølle… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We address the problem of the origin of massive stars, namely the origin, path, and
timescale of the mass flows that create them. Based on extensive numerical simulations, we …

Unifying low-and high-mass star formation through density-amplified hubs of filaments-The highest mass stars (> 100 M⊙) form only in hubs

MSN Kumar, P Palmeirim, D Arzoumanian… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Star formation takes place in giant molecular clouds, resulting in mass-segregated
young stellar clusters composed of Sun-like stars, brown dwarfs, and massive O-type (50 …

Stars with photometrically young Gaia luminosities around the solar system (SPYGLASS). I. Map** young stellar structures and their star formation histories

RMP Kerr, AC Rizzuto, AL Kraus… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Young stellar associations hold a star formation record that can persist for millions of years,
revealing the progression of star formation long after the dispersal of the natal cloud. To …

ATOMS: ALMA Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions–XI. From inflow to infall in hub-filament systems

JW Zhou, T Liu, NJ Evans, G Garay… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the presence of hub-filament systems in a large sample of 146 active proto-
clusters, using H13CO+ J= 1-0 molecular line data obtained from the ATOMS survey. We …

The ALMA Survey of 70 μm Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). IX. Physical Properties and Spatial Distribution of Cores in IRDCs

K Morii, P Sanhueza, F Nakamura… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The initial conditions found in infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) provide insights on how high-
mass stars and stellar clusters form. We have conducted high-angular resolution and high …