Present and early star formation

Jappsen, Anne-Katharina

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-122
Jappsen, Anne-Katharina, 2006: Present and early star formation. , Univ. Potsdam, 149 S. S., DOI: https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-122. 

Abstract

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...