Present and early star formation
a study on rotational and thermal properties
Jappsen, Anne-Katharina
Univ. Potsdam
Monography
Verlagsversion
Englisch
Jappsen, Anne-Katharina, 2006: Present and early star formation - a study on rotational and thermal properties. Univ. Potsdam, 149 S., DOI: 10.23689/fidgeo-122.
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We investigate the rotational and thermal properties of star-forming molecular clouds using hydrodynamic simulations. Stars form from molecular cloud cores by gravoturbulent fragmentation. Understanding the angular momentum and the thermal evolution of cloud cores thus plays a fundamental role in completing the theoretical picture of star formation. This is true not only for current star formation as observed in regions like the Orion nebula or the ?-Ophiuchi molecular cloud but also for the formation of stars of the first or second generation in the universe...