Journal article
ULTRAVIOLET ESCAPE FRACTIONS FROM GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUDS DURING EARLY CLUSTER FORMATION
Abstract
The UV photon escape fraction from molecular clouds is a key parameter for understanding the ionization of the interstellar medium and extragalactic processes such as cosmic reionization. We present the ionizing photon flux and the corresponding photon escape fraction (fesc) arising as a consequence of star cluster formation in a turbulent, 106 M⊙ giant molecular cloud, simulated using the code FLASH. We make use of sink particles to represent …
Authors
Howard C; Pudritz R; Klessen R
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 834, No. 1,
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
January 1, 2017
DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/40
ISSN
0004-637X