%0 Thesis %9 Dissertation %A Jappsen, Anne-Katharina %T Present and early star formation %O a study on rotational and thermal properties %D 2006 %R 10.23689/fidgeo-122 %I Univ. Potsdam %X 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... %U http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0001-3102-9 %~ FID GEO-LEO e-docs