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Star cluster formation in turbulent, magnetized dense clumps with radiative and outflow feedback

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu190

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magnetic fields; radiative transfer; turbulence; stars: formation; stars: luminosity function, mass function; stars: protostars

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  1. NASA through ATP [NNX13AB84G]
  2. Chandra Space Telescope grant
  3. NSF [AST-0908553, NSF12-11729, CAREER-0955300]
  4. Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
  5. US Department of Energy at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [DE-AC52-07NA27344, LLNL-B602360]
  6. NASA through ATFP
  7. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
  8. Division Of Astronomical Sciences [0955300, 1211729] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We present three orion simulations of star cluster formation in a 1000 M-circle dot, turbulent molecular cloud clump, including the effects of radiative transfer, protostellar outflows, and magnetic fields. Our simulations all use self-consistent turbulent initial conditions and vary the mean mass-to-flux ratio relative to the critical value over mu(Phi) = 2, mu(Phi) = 10, and mu(Phi) = infinity to gauge the influence of magnetic fields on star cluster formation. We find, in good agreement with previous studies, that magnetic fields corresponding to mu(Phi) = 2 lower the star formation rate by a factor of approximate to 2.4 and reduce the amount of fragmentation by a factor of approximate to 2 relative to the zero-field case. We also find that the field increases the characteristic sink particle mass, again by a factor of approximate to 2.4. The magnetic field also increases the degree of clustering in our simulations, such that the maximum stellar densities in the mu(Phi) = 2 case are higher than the others by again a factor of approximate to 2. This clustering tends to encourage the formation of multiple systems, which are more common in the rad-MHD runs than the rad-hydro run. The companion frequency in our simulations is consistent with observations of multiplicity in Class I sources, particularly for the mu(Phi) = 2 case. Finally, we find evidence of primordial mass segregation in our simulations reminiscent of that observed in star clusters like the Orion Nebula Cluster.

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