Movies: Radiation Pressure in Super Star Cluster Formation

Gas Evolution

Simulations from Menon, Federrath & Krumholz 2022b showing the evolution of the projected gas density under the effects of UV+IR radiation pressure, for four different initial gas surface densities (increasing top-left to bottom-right).

UV vs IR

Comparing the evolution of gas for control simulations with only the radiation pressure in the IR band (left), UV band (middle), and the combined UV and IR radiation bands (right).