@inproceedings{6d78d4795ee54ef386300e8440a8a9ea,
title = "MHD turbulence-Star Formation Connection: from pc to kpc scales",
abstract = "The transport of magnetic flux to outside of collapsing molecular clouds is a required step to allow the formation of stars. Although ambipolar diffusion is often regarded as a key mechanism for that, it has been recently argued that it may not be efficient enough. In this review, we discuss the role that MHD turbulence plays in the transport of magnetic flux in star forming flows. In particular, based on recent advances in the theory of fast magnetic reconnection in turbulent flows, we will show results of three-dimensional numerical simulations that indicate that the diffusion of magnetic field induced by turbulent reconnection can be a very efficient mechanism, especially in the early stages of cloud collapse and star formation. To conclude, we will also briefly discuss the turbulence-star formation connection and feedback in different astrophysical environments: from galactic to cluster of galaxy scales.",
keywords = "MHD, turbulence, plasmas, stars: formation, MAGNETIC-FIELD, HYDRODYNAMICAL SIMULATIONS, NGC 1275, RECONNECTION, EVOLUTION, CLOUDS, DRIVEN, DIFFUSION, FILAMENTS, GALAXIES",
author = "{de Gouveia Dal Pino}, {E. M.} and R. Santos-Lima and A. Lazarian and Leao, {M. R. M.} and D. Falceta-Goncalves and G. Kowal",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1017/S174392131100723X",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-52119-741-0",
series = "IAU Symposium Proceedings Series",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
pages = "333--339",
editor = "A Bonanno and ED DalPino and AG Kosovichev",
booktitle = "ADVANCES IN PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS",
address = "United Kingdom",
note = "274th Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union on Advances in Plasma Astrophysics ; Conference date: 06-09-2010 Through 10-09-2010",
}