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Impact of UV shielding and chemistry on the clump formation within molecular clouds
Valeska Valdivia LERMA/LRA, Paris, FR | |
| Star formation is one of the major topics in astrophysics, but many questions remain controversial. It is well established that stars form from the densest and coolest regions in molecular clouds. In particular the physics of dense gas requires the knowledge of UV radiation and the abundances of molecular species. Radiation and matter are tightly coupled and their interplay influences the physical and chemical properties of gas. We present numerical simulations of colliding flows using the AMR code RAMSES, where we include the shielding for the UV radiation field, calculated with a fast tree-based method that we have developed, and chemistry. | |
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| Caption: Influence of the UV screening on the gas distribution | |
| Collaborators: P. Hennebelle, SAp/CEA, France |
Suggested Session:
Molecular Clouds |