Adam Frank, University of Rochester
May 15, 2009
Topic: "Star Formation Feedback: Do Stars Practice Birth Control?" (Video) ABSTRACT: The link between turbulence and feedback in star formatting environments and protostellar jets remains controversial. Star forming clouds are highly inefficient with only 10% to 30% of cloud becoming stars. In this talk I will present a general overview of how stars may control their own formation efficiency by feeding energy back into the cloud which created them.
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