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Massive star and star cluster formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Jonathan C. Tan
Jonathan C. Tan*
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Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA email: [email protected]
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I review the status of massive star formation theories: accretion from collapsing, massive, turbulent cores; competitive accretion; and stellar collisions. I conclude the observational and theoretical evidence favors the first of these models. I then discuss: the initial conditions of star cluster formation as traced by infrared dark clouds; the cluster formation timescale; and comparison of the initial cluster mass function in different galactic environments.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 258 - 264
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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