Since the discovery of Bok globules in the 1940s, the initial phase of the star
formation process has been the target of intense scientific research, and yet we are
unable to arrive at a generally accepted paradigm.
EPoS 2018 had a focus on
archetypes
with the potential to concentrate our efforts.
Are there archetypes in the early star formation process, objects or constructs that
combine all relevant processes?
Or is the variety in object properties, initial conditions, and model assumptions
too large to define prototypical cases?
Early formation of stars from the low- to the high-mass regime is considered.
Individual astrophysical topics of interest are: triggered star formation, clustered star formation, cores, chemistry, collapse, fragmentation, jets, competitive accretion, giant molecular clouds, binarity, magnetic fields, initial mass function, turbulence, X-rays, and early phases of disks.
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