The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 44 Issue 2
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- Pages.68.3-68.3
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- 2019
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Formation of star clusters by cloud-cloud collision
Abstract
We present the preliminary results on the formation of star clusters by cloud-cloud collision. For this purpose, we perform sub-parsec scale, radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of giant molecular clouds using a sink particle algorithm. The simulations include photo-ionization, direct radiation pressure, and non-thermal radiation pressure from infrared and Lyman alpha photons. We confirm that radiation feedback from massive stars suppresses accretion onto sink particles. We examine the collision-induced star formation and discuss the possibility on the formation of a globular cluster.
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