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The Roles of Protostellar Outflow Feedback in Clustered Star Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2013

Fumitaka Nakamura  and
Zhi-Yun Li
Fumitaka Nakamura
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Japan181-8588 email: [email protected]
Zhi-Yun Li
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904 email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We discuss the roles of protostellar outflow feedback in cluster formation using observational data of nearby cluster-forming regions like rho Oph, NGC1333, and Serpens. The observations suggest that observed protostellar outflow feedback appears to be sufficient both to maintain supersonic turbulence and to dynamically support the parent cluster-forming clumps. However, it is not enough to destroy the parent clumps by the current outflow activity. This implies that star formation process may not be too short and probably last at least for several local dynamical times.

Keywords

ISM: clouds — ISM: jets and outflows — MHD — stars: formation
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S292: Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies , August 2012 , pp. 54
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013