Speaker
Núria Miret Roig
(Universitat de Barcelona)
Description
Understanding how molecular clouds collapse and disperse to form stars and planets is a key question in astronomy. In this talk, I will review several complementary lines of research aimed at uncovering the origin of young star clusters and OB associations in the solar neighborhood. I will discuss how the large number of substellar objects–brown dwarfs and free-floating planets–recently detected in nearby star-forming regions can constrain the formation of these objects. I will also present how the spatial distribution, kinematics, and ages of OB associations trace the propagation of star formation and the dispersal of their parent molecular clouds.
Author
Núria Miret Roig
(Universitat de Barcelona)
