ction of the available gas? How is the rate at which stars form determined by the properties of the natal GMC or, on a larger scale, of the interstellar medium (ISM) in a galaxy?

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  1. How are giant molecular clouds (GMCs), the loci of most star formation, themselves formed out of diffuse interstellar gas?
  2. What processes determine the distribution of physical conditions within star-forming regions, and why does star formation occur in only a small fraction of the available gas?
  3. How is the rate at which stars form determined by the properties of the natal GMC or, on a larger scale, of the interstellar medium (ISM) in a galaxy?
  4. What determines the mass distribution of forming stars, the initial mass function (IMF)?
  5. Most stars form in clusters (Lada & Lada 2003); how do stars form in such a dense environment and in the presence of enormous radiative and mechanical feedback from other YSOs?
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