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SUMMARY:From gas to stars in galaxies - Dr Adrianne Slyz (University of Ox
 ford)
DTSTART:20150121T200000Z
DTEND:20150121T210000Z
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CONTACT:Nicolas Bricknell
DESCRIPTION:Dr Adrianne Slyz from the University of Oxford gives a talk on
  the role of turbulence in star formation - see the abstract below for mor
 e details.\n\nAdmission is free to CUPS members\, or £2 otherwise. As alw
 ays\, wine and cheese will be served after the talk.\n\n(Abstract:) Despit
 e differences in their cosmological life stories\, galaxies follow a seemi
 ngly simple script for star formation: gas transforms itself to stars at a
  rate which depends on the average gas surface density of a galaxy. For ye
 ars\, galaxy formation simulations have exploited this simple global relat
 ionship to make stars\, but nature is indicating that more than gas surfac
 e density is at play. Turbulence in the star forming gas appears to be key
 . I will describe the evidence for this and current theoretical ideas of h
 ow turbulence shapes star formation. I will then discuss attempts to captu
 re the effect of turbulence on star formation in high resolution cosmologi
 cal simulations of individual galaxies.
LOCATION:Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Tennis Court Road
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