AST 541 - Fall 2012
Schedule of Presentations
September 18
Introduction and Logistics Eve Ostriker
- reading for next week: McKee & Ostriker (2007), "Theory of Star Formation," ARAA, 45, 565-687
September 25
Primordial star formation Simone Ferraro presentation
- Glover (2012) "The First Stars," to appear in The First Galaxies - Theoretical Predictions and Observational Clues, 2012 (Springer) eds. V. Bromm, B. Mobasher, T. Wiklind
- Omukai & Nishi (1998) "Formation of Primordial Protostars" ApJ, 508, 141
- McKee & Tan (2008) "The Formation of the First Stars. II. Radiative Feedback Processes and Implications for the Initial Mass Function" ApJ, 681, 771
- Greif et al (2012) "Formation and evolution of primordial protostellar systems" MNRAS, 424, 399
- Tseliakhovich & Hirata (2010), "Relative velocity of dark matter and baryonic fluids and the formation of the first structures" PhysRev D, 82, 083520
October 2
Giant molecular clouds -- structure and turbulent properties Sasha Philippov presentation
Giant molecular clouds -- microphysics Brandon Hensley presentation
- Solomon et al (1987) "Mass, luminosity, and line width relations of Galactic molecular clouds" ApJ 319, 730
- Goldreich & Sridhar (1995) "Toward a theory of interstellar turbulence. 2: Strong alfvenic turbulence" ApJ 438, 763
- Beresnyak (2011) "Spectral Slope and Kolmogorov Constant of MHD Turbulence" PhRvL 106, 075001
- Andre et al (2011) "Origin of the prestellar core mass function and link to the IMF – Herschel first results" IAU Symposium 270
- Kritsuk et al (2011) "On the Density Distribution in Star-forming Interstellar Clouds" ApJ 727, L20
- Kritsuk et al (2007) "The Statistics of Supersonic Isothermal Turbulence" ApJ, 665, 416
- Hollenbach & Tielens (1999) "Photodissociation regions in the interstellar medium of galaxies" RevModPhys 71, 173
- Levrier et al (2012) "UV-driven chemistry in simulations of the interstellar medium. I. Post-processed chemistry with the Meudon PDR code" A&A 544, 22
- Glover & Clarke (2012) "Approximations for modelling CO chemistry in giant molecular clouds: a comparison of approaches" MNRAS 421, 116
- Habart et al (2012) "SPIRE spectroscopy of the prototypical Orion Bar photodissociation region" A&A 518, L116
- Blitz et al (2006) "Giant Molecular Clouds in Local Group Galaxies" PPV, eds Reipurth et al, p 81
- Draine (2012) Physics of the ISM and IGM
- Bodenheimer (2011) Principles of Star Formation, Ch. 2.3
October 9
Low-mass prestellar and protostellar cores -- formation and structure Chelsea Huang presentation
- Krumholz (2011) "Star Formation in Molecular Clouds" AIP Conference Proceedings 1386, 9
- Andre et al (2009) "The formation and evolution of prestellar cores" in Structure Formation in Astrophysics, Ed. G. Chabrier, p. 254
- Bergin & Tafalla (2007) "Cold Dark Clouds: The Initial Conditions for Star Formation" ARAA 45, 339
- Bonnor (1956) "Boyle's Law and gravitational instability" MNRAS 116, 351
- Shu, Lizano, & Adams (1987) "Star formation in molecular clouds - Observation and theory" ARAA 25, 23
- Offner et al (2008) "The Kinematics of Molecular Cloud Cores in the Presence of Driven and Decaying Turbulence: Comparisons with Observations" AJ 136, 404
Collapse of low-mass cores (Part I) Andrea Kulier presentation
- Larson (1969) "Numerical calculations of the dynamics of collapsing proto-star" MNRAS 145, 271
- Shu (1977) "Self-similar collapse of isothermal spheres and star formation" ApJ 214, 488
- Gong & Ostriker (2009) "Protostar Formation in Supersonic Flows: Growth and Collapse of Spherical Cores" ApJ 699, 230
- Lee & Myers (2011) "Internal Motions in Starless Dense Cores" ApJ 734, 60
- Bodenheimer (2011) Principles of Star Formation
October 16
Collapse of low-mass cores (Part II) Emmanuel Schaan presentation
- Larson (1969) "Numerical calculations of the dynamics of collapsing proto-star" MNRAS 145, 271
- Shu (1977) "Self-similar collapse of isothermal spheres and star formation" ApJ 214, 488
- Gong & Ostriker (2009) "Protostar Formation in Supersonic Flows: Growth and Collapse of Spherical Cores" ApJ 699, 230
- Tassis & Mouschovias (2007) "Protostar Formation in Magnetic Molecular Clouds beyond Ion Detachment. II. Typical Axisymmetric Solution" ApJ 660, 388
- Kunz & Balbus (2004) "Ambipolar diffusion in the magnetorotational instability" MNRAS 348, 355
- Tereby et al (1997) "The collapse of the cores of slowly rotating isothermal clouds" ApJ 286, 529
- Narita et al (1984) "Characteristics of Collapse of Rotating Isothermal Clouds" PrThPhys 72, 1118
- Matsumoto et al (1997) "Gravitational Contraction of Rotating Clouds: Formation of Self-similarly Collapsing Disks" ApJ 478, 569
- Galli et al (2006) "Gravitational Collapse of Magnetized Clouds. I. Ideal Magnetohydrodynamic Accretion Flow" ApJ 647, 374
- Li et al (2011) "Non-ideal MHD Effects and Magnetic Braking Catastrophe in Protostellar Disk Formation" ApJ 738, 180
Protostars and pre-main sequence stellar evolution Jose Garmilla presentation
- Larson (1969) "Numerical calculations of the dynamics of collapsing proto-star" MNRAS 145, 271
- Stahler (1988) "Deuterium and the stellar birthline" ApJ 332, 804
- Palla & Staller (1999) "Star Formation in the Orion Nebula Cluster" ApJ 525, 772
- Burrows et al (2001) "The theory of brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets" Rev Mod Phys 73, 719
- Bodenheimer (2011) Principles of Star Formation, Chapters 3 and 8
- Menard & Bertout (1999) "The Nature of Young Solar-Type Stars " in The Origins of Stars and Planetary Systems, eds. Lada & Kylafis
October 23
T Tauri systems -- radiation diagnostics Joel Zinn presentation
Winds, jets, and outflows from Young Stellar Objects Ai-Lei Sun presentation
- Peter Bodenheimer, Principles of star formation, Springer , 2011
- Shu et al 1994, "Magnetocentrifugally driven flows from young stars and disks. 1: A generalized model," ApJ, 429, 781-796
- Pudritz et al 2007 "Disk Winds, Jets, and Outflows: Theoretical and Computational Foundations" Protostars & Planets V, p. 277-294
- Ouyed et al 2003 "Three-dimensional Simulations of Jets from Keplerian Disks: Self-regulatory Stability" ApJ, 582, 292
- Ouyed et al 1997 "Numerical Simulations of Astrophysical Jets from Keplerian Disks. II. Episodic Outflows" ApJ 484, 794
October 30: No class -- Fall Recess
November 6
Protostellar disks -- accretion processes (Part I) Wendy Ju presentation
- Armitage P.J., 2011, "Dynamics of Protoplanetary Disks," ARAA, 49, 195
- Forgan D., Rice, K., 2010, " Stellar encounters in the context of outburst phenomena," MNRAS, 402, 1349
- Gammie, C., 2001, " Nonlinear Outcome of Gravitational Instability in Cooling, Gaseous Disks " APJ, 553, 174
- Hartmann, L., Kenyon, S., 1996, " The FU Orionis Phenomenon ," ARAA, 34, 207
- Lodato, G., Rice, W.K.M., 2004, " Testing the locality of transport in self-gravitating accretion discs ," MNRAS, 351, 630
- Lodato, G., Rice, W.K.M., 2005, "Testing the locality of transport in self-gravitating accretion discs - II. The massive disc case"MNRAS, 358, 1489
- Rice, W. K. M., Armitage, P. J., Bate, M. R., and Bonnell, I. A., 2003, "The effect of cooling on the global stability of self-gravitating protoplanetary discs,"MNRAS, 339, 1025
- Rafikov, R., 2009, "Properties of Gravitoturbulent Accretion Disks,"APJ, 704, 281
- Vorobyov, E.I., Basu, S., 2007, " Self-regulated gravitational accretion in protostellar discs ,"MNRAS, 381, 1009
- Vorobyov, E.I., Basu, S., 2010, "The Burst Mode of Accretion and Disk Fragmentation in the Early Embedded Stages of Star Formation," APJ, 719, 1896
- Zhu, Z., Hartmann, L., Gammie, C., McKinney, J.C., 2009, "Two-dimensional Simulations of FU Orionis Disk Outbursts," APJ, 701, 620
- Zhu, Z., Hartmann, L, Gammie, C., Book, L., Simon, J., Engelhard, E., 2010, "Long-term Evolution of Protostellar and Protoplanetary Disks. I. Outbursts," APJ, 713, 1134
- Zhu, Z., Hartmann, L, Gammie, C., 2010, "Long-term Evolution of Protostellar and Protoplanetary Disks. II. Layered Accretion with Infall," APJ, 713, 1143
Protostellar disks -- accretion processes (Part II) Sudhir Raskutti presentation
- Armitage, P. J. (2010, November 5) "Dynamics of Protoplanetary Disks" ARAA 49, 195
- Bai, X.-N., & Stone, J. M. (2011) "Effect of Ambipolar Diffusion on the Nonlinear Evolution of Magnetorotational Instability in Weakly Ionized Disks" The Astrophysical Journal, 736, 144
- Gammie, C. F. (1996) " Layered Accretion in T Tauri Disks" Astrophysical Journal 457, 355
- Kunz, M. W., & Balbus, S. A. (2004) "Ambipolar Diffusion in the Magnetorotational Instability" MNRAS, 348, 355
- Lesur, G., & Papaloizou, J. C. B. (2010) "The subcritical baroclinic instability in local accretion disc models" Astronomy and Astrophysics, 513, 60
- Salmeron, R., & Wardle, M. (2003) "Magnetorotational instability in stratified, weakly ionised accretion discs" MNRAS, 345, 992
- Sano, T., & Stone, J. M. (2002) "The Effect of the Hall Term on the Nonlinear Evolution of the Magnetorotational Instability: I. Local Axisymmetric Simulations" ApJ, 570, 314
- Sano, T., & Stone, J. M. (2002) "The Effect of the Hall Term on the Nonlinear Evolution of the Magnetorotational Instability: II. Saturation Level and Critical Magnetic Reynolds Number" ApJ, 577, 534
- Sano, T., Miyama, S. M., Umebayashi, T., & Nakano, T. (2000) "Magnetorotational Instability in Protoplanetary Disks. II. Ionization State and Unstable Regions" ApJ, 543, 486
- Wardle, M., & Salmeron, R. (2012) "Hall diffusion and the magnetorotational instability in protoplanetary discs" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422, 2737–2755
November 13
Binary star formation (Part I) Alex Howe presentation
- Bate (2009) “Stellar, brown dwarf and multiple star properties from
hydrodynamical simulations of star cluster formation”,
MNRAS, 392, 590
- Bate, Bonnell, & Price (1995) “Modelling accretion in protobinary systems” MNRAS, 277, 362
- Bodenheimer (2011) “Principles of Star Formation”
- Bonnell, Bate, & Zinnecker (1998) “On the formation of massive stars”
MNRAS, 298, 93
- Delgado-Donate et al. (2004) “On the properties of young multiple stars”
MNRAS, 351, 617
- Duquennoy & Mayor (1991) “Multiplicity among solar-type stars in the solar neighbourhood. II - Distribution of the orbital elements in an unbiased sample” A&A 248, 485
- Fujii, Saitoh, & Portegies Zwart (2012) “The Formation of Young Dense Star Clusters through Mergers” ApJ, 753, 85
- Goodwin et al. (2007) “The Fragmentation of Cores and the Initial Binary
Population” in “Protostars and Planets V”, eds. B Reipurth , D. Jewitt & K. Keil
- Goodwin & Kroupa (2005) “Limits on the primordial stellar multiplicity”
A&A, 439, 565
- Hillenbrand & Hartmann (1998) “A Preliminary Study of the Orion Nebula
Cluster Structure and Dynamics” ApJ, 492, 540
- Kroupa, Aarseth, & Hurley (2001) “The formation of a bound star cluster:
from the Orion nebula cluster to the Pleiades” MNRAS, 321, 699
- Kroupa & Burkert (2001) “On the Origin of the Distribution of Binary Star
Periods” ApJ, 555, 945
- Ostriker (1994) “Capture and induced disk accretion in young star
encounters” ApJ, 424,292
Binary star formation (Part II) Mary Anne Peters presentation
- Machida et al 2008 “Formation Scenario for Wide and Close Binary Systems” ApJ 677, 327
- Kratter et al “On the Role of Disks in the Formation of Stellar Systems: A Numerical Parameter Study of Rapid Accretion” ApJ 708, 1585
- Bodenheimer 2011 Priniciples of Star Formation, Springer
- Clark et al 2011 "The Formation and Fragmentation of Disks around Primordial Protostars” Science 331, 1040
- Williams & Tohline 1988, “Circumstellar ring formation in rapidly rotating protostars” ApJ 334, 449
- Kroupa 1995 “Star cluster evolution, dynamical age estimation and the kinematical signature of star formation” MNRAS 277, 1507
- Bodenheimer et al 1980 “Criteria for fragmentation in a collapsing rotating cloud” ApJ 242, 209
- Burkert et al 1997 "“Protostellar fragmentation in a power-law density distribution” MNRAS 289, 497
- Krumholz et al 2009 “The Formation of Massive Star Systems by Accretion” Science 323, 754
- Bate et al 2002 "The formation of close binary systems by dynamical interactions and orbital decay” MNRAS 336, 705
November 20
Protostellar disks -- gas/grain dynamics (Part I) Konstantin Bochkarev presentation
Protostellar disks -- gas/grain dynamics (Part II) Chris White presentation
- Bai, Xue-Ning and Stone, James M. (2010). "Dynamics of Solids in the Midplane of Protoplanetary Disks: Implications for Planetesimal Formation." ApJ 722, pp. 1437-1459.
- Chavanis, P. H. (2000). "Trapping of dust by coherent vortices in the solar nebula." AA 356, pp. 1089-1111.
- Goodman, J. and Pindor, B. (2000). "Secular Instability and Planetesimal Formation in the Dust Layer." Icarus 148, pp. 537-549.
- Johansen, Anders et al. (2007). "Rapid planitesimal formation in turbulent circumstellar disks." Nature 448, pp. 1022-1025.
- Youdin, Andrew N. and Goodman, Jeremy (2005). "Streaming Instabilities in Protoplanetary Disks." ApJ 620, pp. 459-469.
November 27
Planet formation -- overview in the star formation context Munan Gong presentation
December 4
The Initial Mass Function Elisa Chisari presentation
- Krumholz, M. R., Klein, R. I. & McKee, C. F. (2012), "Radiation-hydrodynamic Simulations of the Formation of Orion-like Star Clusters. II. The Initial Mass Function from Winds, Turbulence, and Radiation," ApJ, 754, 71
- Taylor, P. A., & Miller, J. C. (2012), "Measuring the effects of artificial viscosity in SPH simulations of rotating fluid flows," MNRAS, 426, 1687
- Bate, M. (2012), "Stellar, brown dwarf and multiple star properties from a radiation hydrodynamical simulation of star cluster formation," MNRAS, 419, 3115
- Bastian, N., Covey, K. R., & Meyer, M. R. (2010), "A Universal Stellar Initial Mass Function? A Critical Look at Variations," ARA&A, 48, 339
- Hennebelle, P. & Chabrier, G. (2008), "Analytical Theory for the Initial Mass Function: CO Clumps and Prestellar Cores," ApJ, 684, 395
- Bonnell, I. A., Larson, R. B., & Zinnecker, H. (2007), "The Origin of the Initial Mass Function," Protostars & Planets V, B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, and K. Keil (eds), University of Arizona Press, Tucson, p.149-164
- Alves, J., Lombardi, M., & Lada, C. J. (2007), "The mass function of dense molecular cores and the origin of the IMF," A&A, 462, 17
- Lombardi, M., Alves, J., & Lada, C. J. (2006), "2MASS wide field extinction maps. I. The Pipe nebula," A&A, 454, 781
- Press, W. H., & Schechter, P. (1974), "Formation of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies by Self-Similar Gravitational Condensation," ApJ, 187, 425
Star cluster formation Colin Hill presentation
- Allen, L., et al. (2007), "The Structure and Evolution of YoungStellar Clusters," Protostars and Planets V Proceedings, 361
- Allison, R., et al. (2009), "Dynamical Mass Segregation on a Very Short Timescale," ApJL, 700, L99
- Allison, R., et al. (2010), "The early dynamical evolution of cool, clumpy star clusters," MNRAS, 407, 1098
- Goodwin, S. & Bastian, N. (2006), "Gas expulsion and the destruction of massive young clusters," MNRAS, 373, 752
- Lada, C. & Lada, E. (2003), "Embedded Clusters in Molecular Clouds," Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 41:57-115
- Li, Z.-Y. & Nakamura, F. (2006), "Cluster Formation in Protostellar Outflow-driven Turbulence," ApJL, 640, L187
- Murray, N. (2009), "The Sizes and Luminosities of Massive Star Clusters," ApJ, 691, 946
- Offner, S., et al. (2009), "The Effects of Radiative Transfer on Low-Mass Star Formation," ApJ, 703, 131
December 11
High-mass star formation Yanfei Jiang presentation
Destruction of GMCs Cristobal Petrovich presentation
Blitz L., et al. (2007), "Giant Molecular Clouds in Local Group Galaxies", Protostars and Planets V. Univ. of Arizona Press, Arizona, p. 81
Dale J. E., et al. (2005), "Ionizing feedback from massive stars in massive clusters - II. Disruption of bound clusters by photoionization", MNRAS, 358, 291:
Konstantopoulos I. S., et al. (2009), "A Spectroscopic Census of the M82 Stellar Cluster Population", ApJ, 701, 1015:
Krumholz, M., et al. (2006), "The Global Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds. I. Model Formulation and Quasi-Equilibrium Behavior", ApJ, 653, 361:
Krumholz, M. R., & Matzner, C. D. (2009),"The Dynamics of Radiation-pressure-dominated H II Regions", ApJ, 703, 1352:
Matzner, C. D. (2002), "On the Role of Massive Stars in the Support and Destruction of Giant Molecular Clouds", ApJ, 566, 302
Whitworth, A., (1979), "The erosion and dispersal of massive molecular clouds by young stars", MNRAS, 186, 59:
January 15
Star formation on galactic scales Petchara Pattarakijwanich presentation
Kennicutt (1998) “The Global Schmidt Law in Star-forming Galaxies”, ApJ, 498, 541
Kennicutt & Evans (2012) “Star
Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies”, ARA&A, 50, 531
Kim, Kim & Ostriker (2011) “Regulation of
Star Formation Rates in Multiphase Galactic Disks: Numerical Tests of
the Thermal/Dynamical Equilibrium Model”, ApJ, 743, 25K
Krumholz & McKee (2005) “A General Theory of Turbulence-regulated Star Formation, from Spirals to Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies”, ApJ, 630, 250
Leroy et al (2008) “The Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Galaxies: Measuring Where Gas Forms Stars Effectively”, AJ, 136, 2782
Leroy et al (2013) “Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Nearby Disk Galaxies”, arXiv:1301.2328
Ostriker, McKee & Leroy (2010) “Regulation of
Star Formation Rates in Multiphase Galactic Disks: A Thermal/Dynamical
Equilibrium Model”, ApJ, 721, 975O