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On the observed div...
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Grisdale, KearnUniversity Of Oxford,University of Oxford
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On the observed diversity of star formation efficiencies in Giant Molecular Clouds
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2019-05-02
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Oxford University Press (OUP),2019
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:research.chalmers.se:7578785b-60a1-4d59-92fd-ea64aafe358c
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https://research.chalmers.se/publication/511180URI
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1201DOI
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https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/45d74189-fd34-4c41-aa26-b9f48dadf774URI
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Observations find a median star formation efficiency per free-fall time in Milky Way Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) of the order of eff ~ 1 per cent with dispersions of ~0.5dex. The origin of this scatter in eff is still debated and difficult to reproduce with analytical models.We track the formation, evolution and destruction of GMCs in a hydrodynamical simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy and by deriving cloud properties in an observationally motivated way, we measure the distribution of star formation efficiencies which are in excellent agreement with observations. We find no significant link between eff and any measured global property of GMCs (e.g. gas mass, velocity dispersion). Instead, a wide range of efficiencies exist in the entire parameter space. From the cloud evolutionary tracks, we find that each cloud follows a unique evolutionary path which gives rise to a wide diversity in all properties.We argue that it is this diversity in cloud properties, above everything else, that results in the dispersion of eff .
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Agertz, OscarLund University,Lunds universitet,Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation,Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Lund Observatory - Undergoing reorganization,Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics - Undergoing reorganization,Faculty of Science(Swepub:lu)os6277ag
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Renaud, FlorentLund University,Lunds universitet,Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation,Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Lund Observatory - Undergoing reorganization,Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics - Undergoing reorganization,Faculty of Science(Swepub:lu)fl7084re
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Romeo, Alessandro,1961Chalmers University of Technology(Swepub:cth)romeo
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Devriendt, JulienUniversity Of Oxford,University of Oxford
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Slyz, AdrianneUniversity Of Oxford,University of Oxford
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University Of OxfordUniversity of Oxford
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In:Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Oxford University Press (OUP)486:4, s. 5482-54910035-87111365-2966
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