Lisa Holden

TL;DR: In this article, the authors considered how clusters influence star formation and forming planetary systems through nuclear enrichment from supernova explosions, where massive stars deliver short-lived radioactive nuclei (SLRs) to their local environment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors considered how clusters influence star formation and forming planetary systems through nuclear enrichment from supernova explosions, where massive stars deliver short-lived radioactive nuclei (SLRs) to their local environment.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed a statistical analysis of the effect of background UV radiation on star/disk formation in intermediate-sized clusters and found that in the absence of dust attenuation, giant planet formation would likely be inhibited in approximately half of the systems forming within intermediate-size clusters, regardless of stellar membership.

TL;DR: In this article, the background X-ray radiation fields produced by young stellar objects are quantified as a function of cluster membership size, and the expected flux levels exceeding the cosmic and galactic x-ray backgrounds by factors of ∼10−1000∼10-1000 (for energies 0.2−15-keV) for circumstellar disks that are geometrically thin and optically thick.

TL;DR: In this paper, a self-similar formalism for the study of the gravitational collapse of molecular gas provides an important theoretical framework from which to explore the dynamics of star formation, motivated by the presence of elongated and filamentary structures observed in giant molecular clouds.