Radiation-Driven Turbulence and Star Formation. This project aims to determine how radiation-driven turbulence controls the formation of stars. The expected outcomes are the most accurate radiation-hy

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Radiation-Driven Turbulence and Star Formation. This project aims to determine how radiation-driven turbulence controls the formation of stars. The expected outcomes are the most accurate radiation-hydrodynamical method to date, and the most detailed simulations of radiation-driven turbulence conducted at the NIF laser. This project will transform our understanding of these fundamental processes, providing crucial input for Australian and international facilities and surveys, and for models of galaxy, star and planet formation. Further key benefits of this project are the training of Australia's future generation of Big Data analysts, and the development of interdisciplinary tools involving Plasma and High-Energy Physics, Chemical Modelling, Statistics, and High Performance Computing.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 5101 - Astronomical Sciences. Lead: Prof Christoph Federrath