Exploring the importance of location and environment in star formation. Danae Polychroni (Universidad de Atacama – INAF-IAPS)
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27 October 2017 @ 15:00 – 17:00
2017-10-27T15:00:00+02:00
2017-10-27T17:00:00+02:00
Abstract: The last few years have seen the advent of new technologies in the sub-mm and IR regimes that allow for unprecedented quality observations of star forming regions. As such we are finally able to produce statistically significant samples of star forming cores at the same time as mapping their surrounding environment with high spatial resolution. In this talk I will present results from the Herschel Space Observatory Gould Belt and HOBYs surveys that covered the Orion A Molecular Cloud complex and the W3 Giant Molecular Cloud. Both these regions contain intermediate to high mass star formation and a rich environment that includes triggered and spontaneous star forming regions as well as a plethora of filaments. We have obtained a statistically significant sample of star forming cores located in different environments and thus derived the properties both of the dense cores as well as their surrounding environment. As such, in this talk I will discuss the role of the environment in deciding the final mass of the forming stars with a focus in the presence of filaments and triggering phenomena in these two star forming regions.