Physics
Universität Heidelberg
Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik
Stars form out of gravitating turbulent molecular cloud cores with potentially high rates. An important ingredient in regulating the star formation rates and the star formation efficiency is stellar feedback. We will investigate the interplay between the interstellar turbulence and early stellar feedback. We are particularly interested in how stellar feedback, which will cover stellar winds and multiband radiation, influences the gas structures in the vicinity of molecular clouds, changes the turbulence properties of the cloud and triggers or prevents subsequent star formation events.