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The role of interstellar filaments in regulating the star formation efficiency and shaping the initial mass function

Part of: IAU Issue 315 - From Interstellar Clouds...

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2016

Vera Könyves  and
Philippe André
Vera Könyves
Affiliation:
Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France emails: [email protected], [email protected]
Philippe André
Affiliation:
Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France emails: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

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Recent surveys at infrared and submillimeter wavelengths with the Spitzer and Herschel space observatories suggest that star formation in dense molecular gas is governed by essentially the same “laws” in nearby Galactic clouds and distant external galaxies. This raises the possibility of a unified picture for star formation in the Universe from individual-cloud scales to galaxy–wide scales. We summarize the star formation scenario favored by Herschel studies of the nearest molecular clouds of the Galaxy which point to the key role of the quasi-universal filamentary structure pervading the cold interstellar medium.

Keywords

stars: formationISM: cloudsISM: structureISM: individual objects (Aquila Rift complex)submillimeter
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S315: From Interstellar Clouds to Star-Forming Galaxies: Universal Processes? , August 2015 , pp. 81 - 84
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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