Modeling Massive Star Formation
Abstract
In this contribution I will discuss how massive star forming cores might compare to their lower mass brethren using insights from theoretical models. Is there such a thing as a truly massive pre-stellar core? Do massive star forming cores grow in mass, or is the core mass fixed when a protostar is formed? What is the role of filaments in forming massive protostellar cores? After I have discussed these theoretical considerations I will then examine how such questions can be tested by observations.
- Publication:
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Dense Cores: Origin, Evolution, and Collapse
- Pub Date:
- July 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014dcoe.conf30001S