SFB 956: Conditions and Impact of Star Formation - Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Laboratory Research

CRC 956“恒星形成的条件和影响--天体物理、仪器和实验室研究”结合了科隆和波恩参与的天体物理学小组的独特专门知识，以实现三个主要目标：推动我们的科学专题超越最先进水平；促进和加强有关学科的科学协作；并在CRC 956提供的独特的研究环境中培训年轻的研究人员。CRC 956的科学范围由“恒星形成的宇宙循环”设定，包括从恒星形成星系中弥散的星际介质形成分子云，在这些分子云中形成恒星，通过年轻(大质量)恒星的反馈分散分子云，以及将年老恒星的富含金属的物质反馈到星际介质中，结束这个循环。宇宙周期塑造了宇宙中重子物质的演化，从大爆炸到现在。CRC 956专注于理解和识别在不同的星系环境中形成恒星的物理过程，从像我们的银河系这样的正常恒星形成星系到活动星系核(AGN)附近的极端条件或恒星爆发。它是强大的观测天体物理计划(项目区A)与足够的高级建模工具和模拟(项目区C)、必要的实验室天体物理(项目区B)和新的天文仪器的发展(项目区D)的独特组合，使CRC 956的恒星形成研究取得进展。

The CRC 956 “Conditions and Impact of Star Formation - Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Laboratory Research” combines the unique expertise of the participating astrophysics groups in Cologne and Bonn towards three main goals: to advance our scientific topic beyond the state-of-the-art; to foster and intensify the scientific collaboration of the involved disciplines; and to train young researchers in the unique research environment provided by the CRC 956.The scientific scope of the CRC 956 is set by the “Cosmic Cycle of Star Formation”, which comprises the formation of molecular clouds from the diffuse interstellar medium in star-forming galaxies, the formation of stars within these molecular clouds, the dispersal of the molecular clouds by feedback from the young (massive) stars, and the feedback of the metal-enriched material of the aged stars into the interstellar medium, closing the cycle. The Cosmic Cycle shapes the evolution of the baryonic matter in the Universe, from the Big Bang to present day. The CRC 956 focuses on understanding and identifying the physical processes which set the conditions for star formation in different galactic environments, reaching from normal star forming galaxies like our Milky Way to extreme conditions present near Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) or in starbursts.It is the unique combination of a strong observational astrophysics program (project area A) with the adequate advanced modeling tools and simulations (project area C), the necessary laboratory astrophysics (project area B), and the development of new astronomical instrumentation (project area D) that enables the progress in star formation research in the CRC 956.