Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie
STEPHEN PHILLIPS hostreviews.co.uk / UNSPLASH

The expansion of ionisation fronts and what it means for star formation

Sam Geen , ZAH/ITA

Star formation efficiencies in molecular clouds are the result of accretion onto star-forming cores, ended by the expansion of HII regions that disperse this dense gas. I present a set of algebraic solutions for the expansion of photoionisation fronts and clump evaporation used to explain the results from recent simulations of star-forming clouds. I end by discussing prospects for a fully predictive model of star formation on molecular cloud scales.

ITA "blackboard" Colloquium
4 Jun 2018, 11:15
Philosophenweg, 12, 106

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