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

CRC 956“星星形成的条件和影响-天体物理学、仪器和实验室研究”结合了科隆和波恩参与天体物理学小组的独特专长，以实现三个主要目标：推动我们的科学主题超越最先进的水平;促进和加强有关学科的科学合作;并在CRC 956提供的独特研究环境中培养年轻研究人员。CRC 956的科学范围由“星星形成的宇宙周期”确定，这包括恒星形成星系中弥漫的星际介质形成分子云，这些分子云中恒星的形成，年轻（大质量）恒星反馈的分子云分散，以及年老恒星中富含金属的物质反馈到星际介质中，结束了这个循环。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的重点是理解和识别在不同星系环境中为星星形成设定条件的物理过程，从正常的星星形成星系（如我们的银河系）到活动星系核（AGN）附近或恒星爆发的极端条件。它是强大的观测天体物理学计划的独特组合（项目领域A），配备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学（项目区B），以及开发新的天文仪器（项目领域D），使CRC 956在星星形成研究方面取得进展。

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.