Star Formation and Feedback in Molecular Clouds (C05)

• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2015 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 184018867

Project C5 studies the conditions and the impact of star formation in state-of-the-art, 3D MHD simulations with e.g. radiative transfer and a chemical network. In different galactic environments, we study the formation and collapse of self-consistently forming, turbulent and filamentary molecular clouds by means of novel galaxy zoom simulations. We investigate the impact of feedback of the forming massive stars, which triggers star formation, drives turbulence, and disperses the parental molecular clouds. In a further "deep-zoom” step we will disentangle the accretion of dense gas through the complex network of filaments onto cores and hubs where massive star formation proceeds.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 956: Conditions and Impact of Star Formation - Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Laboratory Research
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner